In the early 2000s, ten FedEx cargo planes quietly flew across U.S. skies equipped with laser-based anti-missile defense systems. For more than a year, these modified MD-10s carried military-grade ...

UPS and FedEx said on Friday they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a crash in Louisville, Kentucky this week that killed at least 14 ...

Boeing, the plane’s manufacturer, said it had recommended the grounding as a precaution while it conducts further analysis. By Francesca Regalado and Qasim Nauman UPS and FedEx, two of the world’s ...

(The Hill) – FedEx and UPS on Friday announced a temporary ground stop for fleets of McDonnell Douglas, or MD-11, cargo planes following a deadly crash in Louisville, Ky., earlier this week that ...

UPS’ fleet of MD-11 cargo aircraft will remain grounded for months, not weeks, according to an internal statement issued by UPS Airlines President Bill Moore and obtained by Newsweek and Clifford Law ...

At least 14 people have died following the plane crash in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, Nov. 4 Michael Swensen/Getty On Friday, Nov. 7, UPS and FedEx announced the decision to ground over 50 McDonnell ...

The United Parcel Service and FedEx announced on Friday the immediate grounding of its MD-11 planes, a move that comes just days after a deadly crash involving one of the jets in Kentucky. At least 14 ...

FedEx expects to eat $175 million in extra costs to replace capacity caused by the temporary grounding of MD-11 aircraft, but that’s a blip for a company that just reported a $1.6 billion operating ...

The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft grounded pending further inspection, following UPS and FedEx each deciding to ground the planes that make up part ...