The global air cargo industry has seen rapid developments this week, with UPS and FedEx grounding their entire fleets of MD-11Fs.
According to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the MD-11 demonstrated the highest rate of hard landing ...
The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.
The FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive affecting all Boeing MD-11 and MD-11F aircraft worldwide.
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FAA Grounds All MD-11 Planes After Fatal UPS Crash
The sweeping order follows a Louisville disaster that killed 14. UPS and FedEx suspended use of the aircraft as the FAA warns the issue could affect other planes of the same design.
A MD-11 UPS plane crashed while taking off from Louisville en route to Hawaii at 5:20 p.m. on Nov. 4. In a statement, UPS said: "At approximately 5:20 PM ET tonight, UPS Flight 2976 from Louisville, ...
THIS UPS CRASH. FOR A WHILE FOR SURE. THANK YOU JENNIFER. NOW THE DEBRIS FIELD IS EVEN LARGER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, WITH THE NTSB CONFIRMING THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT SPANS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE ...
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