While high wing loading benefits cruise performance and reduces turbulence sensitivity, it forces a very narrow landing ...

According to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the MD-11 demonstrated the highest rate of hard landing ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in ...

The sweeping order follows a Louisville disaster that killed 14. UPS and FedEx suspended use of the aircraft as the FAA warns ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) requiring inspections and necessary corrective actions on all MD-11F and MD-11 aircraft prior to ...

The FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive affecting all Boeing MD-11 and MD-11F aircraft worldwide.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal aviation officials issued an order Saturday for McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes not to be flown pending further inspection, reinforcing cargo carriers’ decision to ground ...

Federal aviation officials have issued an emergency order grounding all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft in the United States, following a fatal crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Louisville, ...

The FAA temporarily grounded all MD-11 freighter aircraft for inspections following a fatal crash of a UPS MD-11 in Louisville, Kentucky. The grounding was prompted by an incident where the left-wing ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday issued an order prohibiting MD-11 planes from flying for now, pending inspection, after a fiery crash this week of a UPS MD-11 cargo ...

The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell ...