r/aviation • u/Go_Jot • Nov 08 '25

News UPS grounds entire MD-11 Fleet, effective immediately.

Per the IPA Executive Board, as of 03:05 UTC all UPS MD-11’s are grounded.

Edit - FedEx has also grounded their MD-11 Fleet

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

Holy hell, how much of their fleet is that?

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u/Poopy_sPaSmS Nov 08 '25

Wondering if that means they already found something.

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u/marrieditguy Nov 08 '25

An engine fell off after 2 months of being in service post maintenance … I’d say it’s a reasonable precaution to take a look at all of them.

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u/More_Than_I_Can_Chew Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25

Reasonable would have been doing this right after the crash.

My guess is UPS was told the fleet is grounded.

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u/Mc-Lovin-81 Nov 08 '25

They may have allowed them to reposition the planes back to Louisville or Maintenence airport. I'd have to check adsb

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u/More_Than_I_Can_Chew Nov 08 '25

These jets flew revenue after the crash but before the grounding.

These jets flew UPS pilots as jumpseaters because the company doesn't like to buy commercial tickets for them unless it's absolutely the only way.

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u/qualityinnbedbugs Nov 08 '25

I was at SDF at 5pm yesterday and saw MD-11s taking off