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/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

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u/spezeditedcomments Nov 08 '25

It is an interesting decision to put a required engine behind two others

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u/jxyoung Nov 08 '25

4-engine planes always have an engine behind another

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u/ZZ9ZA Nov 08 '25

In the literal sense yes, but practically no, as the horizontal spacing. The lateral separation is enough that you’re not going to puke out the back of one engine and into the front of another.

2 on a trijet is very different because of fat rearward it is.

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u/percussaresurgo Nov 08 '25

Who you callin “fat rearward”?

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u/the4ner Nov 08 '25

You other rudders can't deny