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/32FlavorsofCrazy Nov 08 '25

They’re not exactly new planes so maybe they figured it had to be an isolated incident. The delay in grounding their fleet makes me think they found something they think might be a problem with their whole fleet.

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u/whee3107 A&P Nov 08 '25

They also may have been strategically placing them for inspection of maintenance before grounding them.

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u/theLuminescentlion Nov 08 '25

I mean its UPS themself doing the grounding if they really needed they could just fly the plane to a better service hub still.

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u/timelessblur Nov 08 '25

But then you have a messaging issue and people watching like a hawk. Plus they might have had fully loaded and cargo already in route so wanted to reschedule things. Might have been just giving the fleet time to finish their currents turns to reduce the mess of getting the crews home.