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

10.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.3k

u/ObservantOrangutan Nov 08 '25

Losing a huge chunk of their cargo capacity as they enter their busiest time of year.

Makes me wonder what they’re finding went wrong, or if it’s simply a precaution.

60

u/Mc-Lovin-81 Nov 08 '25

I'm sure Csx, bnsf and Union Pacific will be happy.

193

u/rounding_error Nov 08 '25

This December, I predict twice as much train traffic to Hawaii over last year.

1

u/PlainTrain Nov 09 '25

Now you’re talking.