What does it take for an airliner that has been flying freight for decades to be told, in essence, to sit down immediately?

The most consequential mechanical failures in transport aviation are often the ones which start as hairline cracks hidden ...

The tragic crash of UPS Flight 2976 claimed another victim on Christmas Day, as reported by NBC News. Alain Rodriguez Colina, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency directive on Saturday to the owners and operators of Boeing’s McDonnell Douglas, or MD-11, and MD-11F cargo airplanes for inspection after ...

US express cargo operator FedEx is working on the expectation that the grounded Boeing MD-11 freighter fleet will return to service in spring next year. Operators of the MD-11F were forced to suspend ...

UPS planned to retire six MD-11F aircraft in 2023, replacing them with Boeing 767-300Fs, and its director of media relations confirmed the first withdrawal occurred on 02-Jan-2023 1. The Worldport ...

Gemini Air Cargo MD-11F descended 1,000ft too far after 'distracted' pilots failed to set altimeter to local pressure Investigators have concluded that the failure of a Gemini Air Cargo Boeing ...

Lufthansa Cargo’s last MD-11F landed in Frankfurt on Oct. 17 for the final time. Flight LH8161 from New York JFK marked the end of Lufthansa Cargo’s commercial service with the three-engine MD-11F ...

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Lufthansa Cargo is seriously evaluating a much speedier retirement of its remaining MD-11F fleet, the company confirmed. The airline has entered talks with its unions to agree on terms that would ...