United Parcel Service’s (UPS) fleet of MD-11 aircraft, grounded in the wake of a deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky, will not be back in service in time for the busy holiday season, leaving the ...

UPS Airlines has grounded a fleet of aircraft indefinitely for continued inspections and possible repairs after one of its cargo planes crashed in Kentucky and exploded in a massive, deadly fireball.

An MD-11 crashed in Louisville Nov. 4, killing 14 people. The Federal Aviation Administration barred the planes from flight pending inspections and corrective actions days later. UPS officials ...

The FAA’s grounding of MD-11 cargo jets after a Nov. 4 crash in Louisville has halted operations for carriers like UPS and FedEx and triggered pilot furloughs at Western Global Airlines. A preliminary ...

The grounding of MD-11 cargo jets, following a fatal crash, is expected to be much longer and more complex than initially anticipated, requiring extensive inspections and repairs. This prolonged ...

The fiery crash of a UPS plane shortly after its left engine flew off its wing and sparked a massive fire during takeoff could spell the end of the 109 remaining MD-11 airliners that have been ...

The Boeing MD-11 cargo plane that crashed in Louisville, Ky., earlier this month showed signs of “fatigue cracks” and “overstress failure” in a piece of the McDonnell Douglas-built plane that connects ...

Still images from airport security footage shows UPS Flight 2976's left engine separating and moving over the aircraft as the MD-11 rotates. Credit: UPS via NTSB Fatigue cracks in part of the aircraft ...

US regulators have extended the grounding order imposed on the Boeing MD-11 to include variants of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, owing to their similar engine pylon structure. The grounding was ordered ...

A United Parcel Service MD-11 crashed while taking off from Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky last week, killing all three pilots and 11 people on the ground. In response, the ...