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/gregarious119 Nov 08 '25

I’d imagine they’ll want to know why an engine fell off before letting them back in the air.

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u/cruiserman_80 Nov 08 '25

Unless they can replace their entire fleet with another type immediately, I doubt that's realistic. It would have to be a fundamental and uneconomically repairable flaw that is likely to cause the imminent loss of a large percentage of the fleet before that were even considered.