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

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An MD-11 freighter lands at Chicago O’Hare airport on March 19, 2017. FedEx operates 28 MD-11 cargo jets. (Photo: ...

A glass cockpit removed the need for a flight engineer and made it easier for pilots to fly the MD-11.

(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 ...

The aircraft is one of the most iconic in commercial aviation history.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...