The jet has mostly disappeared from our skies.
A deadly crash could accelerate the MD-11's retirement, leaving an unexpected hole in the cargo market that Boeing may struggle to fill.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11's cockpit represented a pivotal moment in aviation history where analog transitioned into digital ...
Unlike its predecessor, the DC-10, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was designed to be flown by a two-person crew, removing the requirement for a flight engineer. Several innovative technologies that ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday, Nov. 8, issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) requiring aircraft inspections for MD-11 cargo planes following the fatal crash in ...
UPS (UPS) and FedEx (FDX), two of the leading cargo airlines in the world, have grounded their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes on the recommendations of the aircraft’s manufacturer, Boeing ...
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 ...
The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo ...
Global cargo carrier UPS is to expand its Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) coverage to include its MD-11 Freighter fleet, in addition to the 747-400 Freighter fleet, which already utilizes ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Major cargo operators immediately grounded their fleets of MD-11 aircraft Saturday following a safety recommendation from Boeing, affecting approximately 70 planes worldwide. UPS and ...
The Boeing MD-11 cargo plane that crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month showed signs of “fatigue cracks” and “overstress failure” in a piece of the McDonnell Douglas-built plane that ...