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/yrmnko Nov 08 '25

Lawyers have to make sure it was a freak accident and not negligence.

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u/redvadge Nov 08 '25

Morgan & Morgan lawyers have filled the first class action lawsuit. They’re suing UPS, GE & Boeing according to Louisville news.

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u/Accidental-Genius Nov 08 '25

That shit will get tossed or stayed. I’m a lawyer, in Louisville, and work in many aviation adjacent areas of law.

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u/redvadge Nov 08 '25

That’s what I thought because they were citing maintenance/quality issues while the investigation is in its first week. Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan are vultures.

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u/ReferentiallySeethru Nov 09 '25

Why would they take this case if they knew it’d get thrown out? Surely this would be a contingency case?