{"id":269462,"date":"2025-11-08T07:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269462\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:14:09","slug":"ups-grounds-all-its-md-11-planes-after-deadly-louisville-crash-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269462\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS grounds all its MD-11 planes after deadly Louisville crash | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The freight company UPS has grounded its fleet of MD-11 aircraft days after a cargo plane crash that killed at least 13 people in Kentucky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The grounded MD-11s are the same type of plane involved in Tuesday\u2019s crash in Louisville<\/a>. They were originally built by McDonnell Douglas until it was taken over by Boeing.<\/p>\n

UPS on Friday said the fleet had been temporarily grounded \u201cout of an abundance of caution and in the interest of safety\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grounding is effective immediately. We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

UPS said the MD-11s make up about 9% of the UPS Airlines fleet.<\/p>\n

\u201cContingency plans are in place to ensure we can continue to deliver the reliable service our customers around the world count on,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\"CCTVCCTV captures moment UPS cargo plane crashes near Kentucky airport \u2013 video<\/p>\n

Thirteen people have been confirmed as having died in the crash in Louisville, including pilots Captain Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt, and International Relief Officer Captain Dana Diamond.<\/p>\n

A federal investigator said the cargo plane\u2019s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off shortly after it took off from the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, causing the plane to crash and explode<\/a> into a fireball.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts go out to every UPSer who has been impacted and all in our Louisville community \u2013 supporting you and ensuring you receive the care and resources you need is our priority,\u201d the company said in an earlier statement.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the maintenance history of the plane, which was in Texas for repairs in the weeks before the crash.<\/p>\n

Reuters reported flight tracking data showing the plane was on the ground in San Antonio, Texas, from 3 September to 18 October.<\/p>\n

The cockpit voice recorder and data recorder were recovered, and the engine was found on the airfield.<\/p>\n

The recorders \u2013 known as black boxes \u2013 were built to withstand crash impacts and intense heat from fires, and they appeared to be intact when located amid the crash debris. Investigators plan on reviewing data from the black boxes.<\/p>\n

With Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The freight company UPS has grounded its fleet of MD-11 aircraft days after a cargo plane crash that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-269462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}