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Title: America's FAA Grounds MD-11s After Tuesday's Crash in Kentucky

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/0816...

UPDATE (11/9): America's Federal Aviation Administration has now grounded all
U.S. MD-11 and MD-11F aircrafts "because the agency has determined the unsafe
condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type
design," according to an emergency airworthiness directive obtained by CBS
News. American multinational freight company UPS had already "grounded its
fleet of MD-11 aircraft," reported the Guardian, "days after a cargo plane
crash that killed at least 13 people in Kentucky. The grounded MD-11s are the
same type of plane involved in Tuesday's crash in Louisville. They were
originally built by McDonnell Douglas until it was taken over by Boeing."
More details from NBC News: UPS said the move to temporarily ground its MD-11
fleet was made "out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of
safety." MD-11s make up 9% of the company's air fleet, it said. "We made this
decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer.
Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the
communities we serve," UPS spokesman Jim Mayer said... FedEx said early
Saturday that it was also grounding its MD-11s. The UPS rival has 28 such
planes in operation, out of a fleet of around 700, FedEx said. Video shows
that the left engine of the plane caught fire during takeoff and immediately
detached, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said
Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board is the lead agency in the
investigation. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader echo123 for suggesting the
article.

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