FedEx said it is working with Boeing and the FAA to return its MD-11 freighters to service by May 31, a day after UPS retired its fleet.

The MD-11's unique design choices impacted cruise and landing speeds.

UPS has retired its entire MD-11 fleet of cargo aircraft, after a fatal crash in November of one of the planes in Louisville, ...

These elderly aircraft were already slated to be pulled out of the air in the next few years anyway; it's now obvious that ...

The final chapter unfolds for a legendary tri-jet, as only two carriers keep its legacy alive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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: ...

The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo ...

The MD-11, successor to the popular McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jet, had its first flight in January 1990, and this tri-jet promised a better future for the company, with the goal of leaving the DC-10's ...

The fiery crash of a UPS plane shortly after its left engine flew off its wing and sparked a massive fire during takeoff could spell the end of the 109 remaining MD-11 airliners that have been ...

UPS has officially retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters, formally ending operations with the three-engine aircraft following a deadly November accident and the subsequent grounding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UPS has grounded all of its MD-11 cargo freighter planes, effective immediately. “Out of an abundance of caution and in the ...

The early 2000s marked the end of the line for the widebody trijet at both of these leading US carriers.