Airliners are not just tasked with carrying passengers and freight, but they also carry the manufacturer's branding. An aircraft type's name becomes shorthand for its capabilities, its safety record, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter aircraft operated by FedEx approaches Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Sept. 16, ...

Boeing issued a 2011 service bulletin warning MD-11 operators about potential spherical bearing assembly failures in engine pylons, the same component now at the centre of the NTSB investigation into ...

FedEx plans to return its grounded MD-11 cargo jets to service by May 31, working with Boeing and the FAA on inspections and maintenance. The grounding occurred after a fatal UPS-operated MD-11 crash ...

It may take years before we know the full story of what happened when a UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 suffered a catastrophic failure on takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International ...

WASHINGTON — Boeing increased the length of time between inspections for a critical part of the MD-11 hardware that holds the plane’s engine to its wing — despite multiple reports of previous part ...

The NTSB is investigating the November 2025 crash of UPS Flight 2976, an MD-11F, which resulted in 16 fatalities after its left engine and pylon separated shortly after takeoff due to fatigue cracking ...

The model of cargo plane that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off a UPS jet as it was taking off resumed flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it ...

Accident investigators are set to question Boeing and other key players about a UPS MD-11 cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 15 people. The National Transportation Safety Board ...

The model of cargo plane that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off a UPS jet as it was taking off resumed flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it ...