Death toll rises to 11 in UPS plane crash
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Airlines stopped flying MD-11s mainly because the aircraft initially failed to meet its promised performance, particularly in range and fuel efficiency, which led to many airlines canceling orders or replacing them with more efficient planes such as the Boeing 777 and Airbus A330, according to the Infinite Flight blog.
On Nov. 4, an MD-11 UPS plane heading to Hawaii crashed as it was departing Louisville, Kentucky. Here's what to know about the MD-11 plane.
At least nine people are dead after a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operated by UPS Airlines crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) on Tuesday. Flight data suggests the aircraft, bound for Honolulu,
Footage from outside the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky shows UPS MD-11 erupting into a huge fireball.
The last delivery of an MD-11 was a freighter-built aircraft for Lufthansa Cargo in early 2001, 11 years after the first MD-11 delivery, which was a passenger aircraft to Finnair. Two hundred MD-11s were delivered by McDonnell Douglas, later Boeing, and almost 70 remain in service today, with some additional aircraft in storage.
US investigators have recovered multiple fan blade pieces from the left engine of the UPS Boeing MD-11 Freighter that crashed at Louisville on 5 November.
The UPS plane that crashed in Louisville was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a long-range cargo jet known for its power.
The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.
Investigators probing the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 freighter are analyzing data from both of the aircraft’s onboard recorders and expect to have more insight into what caused the fatal disaster in the coming days. The aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice...
New ground footage shows UPS MD-11 erupting in a fireball as it made its way down the runway before it exploded.
US safety investigators have begun examining why a UPS Boeing MD-11 freighter caught fire and crashed shortly after departing Louisville on 4 November, killing at least nine people after its left engine detached during take-off.
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