The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is expected to remain grounded throughout the Christmas peak travel period, facing lengthy ...

The heavy weight of the aircraft combined with the aircraft's design requires 12 tires on the main landing gear.

In its early marketing, McDonnell Douglas positioned the MD-11 as the long-range, fuel-efficient future of commercial aviation. Built to compete against mainly the Boeing 767, offering greater seating ...

THIS UPS CRASH. FOR A WHILE FOR SURE. THANK YOU JENNIFER. NOW THE DEBRIS FIELD IS EVEN LARGER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, WITH THE NTSB CONFIRMING THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT SPANS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE ...

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

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS has announced it is temporarily grounding its MD-11 fleet following the deadly plane crash in Louisville on Tuesday. They say the move is out of an abundance of caution and in ...

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 ...

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 ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) LOUISVILLE, KY – The plane at the center of a deadly Kentucky crash has been a workhorse in the cargo industry for years, ...