The most consequential mechanical failures in transport aviation are often the ones which start as hairline cracks hidden inside a load path that “always worked” until it does not. In the UPS MD-11F ...

The crash of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet in Kentucky, killing 15, was linked to a part flagged by Boeing over a decade earlier. The ...

Freight carriers UPS and FedEx said they have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

A look at the unique design choices made for the MD-11 and earlier DC-10 trijets, and how this influenced the DC-10's success ...

The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell ...