UPS, FedEx Ground MD-11 Fleet on Boeing’s Advice After Crash
Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4.
Photographer: Jon Cherry/AP
United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. grounded their McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft fleet on Boeing Co.’s recommendation, after a crash involving the jet killed more than a dozen people in Louisville this week.
UPS said the grounding is “out of an abundance of caution” and will affect about 9% of its fleet, according to a statement. FedEx followed suit, stating the MD-11 accounts for about 4% of its aircraft.