The UPS Boeing MD-11 cargo jet that suffered a wing-engine separation during take-off in Louisville, Kentucky on 4 November apparently failed to gain more than 100ft of altitude, rather than a ...

It may be the darling child of heavy-lift cargo carriers around the world, but the consensus is clear. The MD-11's days look truly numbered.

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

UPS officials believe it will be several months before MD-11s — the model of plane that crashed in Louisville Nov. 4, killing 14 people — return to the skies, according to an internal letter obtained ...

A MD-11 UPS plane crashed while taking off from Louisville en route to Hawaii at 5:20 p.m. on Nov. 4. In a statement, UPS said: "At approximately 5:20 PM ET tonight, UPS Flight 2976 from Louisville, ...

Loved by cargo operators, disliked by many passenger airlines, and endlessly debated by pilots, the MD-11’s story is one of ...

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. There are no initial indications that the ...