FAA issues order prohibiting MD-11 flights pending inspection after fiery UPS jet crash

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM

MONTREAL (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an order prohibiting the flight of MD-11 planes, pending inspection, following a fiery crash earlier this week of a UPS MD-11 cargo freighter in Louisville, Kentucky.

UPS and FedEx said on Friday they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a recommendation by Boeing, after the crash on Tuesday at a Kentucky airport killed at least 14 people.

(Reporting By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert;)


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