When a cargo jet loses an engine during takeoff, the margin between emergency and catastrophe becomes vanishingly small. That is why the UPS MD-11F crash in Louisville has drawn such intense attention ...

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 ...

In the world of widebody aviation, few aircraft are as instantly recognizable as the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. With its long, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS announced Tuesday that it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes just months after one crashed during takeoff, causing 15 deaths in Louisville. CEO ...

Why the MD-11 was one of the worst failures in modern aviation history.

UPS announced Tuesday that it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes just months after one crashed during takeoff, causing 15 deaths in Louisville. CEO Carol Tome said during a ...

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 ...

Four months after a deadly plane crash, UPS retired its MD-11 fleet. Now, 275 pilots are retraining for new aircraft to get ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) has officially retired the MD-11 aircraft after the plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 15 people in November 2025. In a year end ...