While high wing loading benefits cruise performance and reduces turbulence sensitivity, it forces a very narrow landing envelope. The need for higher landing speeds has also partially contributed to ...

The search for missing Malaysian Flight 370 will resume later this month with the help of a Texas-based robotics team. The ...

Thursday's report referenced a similar but much deadlier crash in 1979. American Airlines flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft, crashed into an open field at the end of a runway at ...

Originally the back of the home, the north façade of “Friendship House,” showcases pristine 18th-century Quaker vernacular ...

An MD-11 crashed in Louisville Nov. 4, killing 14 people. The Federal Aviation Administration barred the planes from flight pending inspections and corrective actions days later. UPS officials ...

The fiery crash of a UPS plane shortly after its left engine flew off its wing and sparked a massive fire during takeoff could spell the end of the 109 remaining MD-11 airliners that have been ...

The Boeing MD-11 cargo plane that crashed in Louisville, Ky., earlier this month showed signs of “fatigue cracks” and “overstress failure” in a piece of the McDonnell Douglas-built plane that connects ...

UPS Airlines has grounded a fleet of aircraft indefinitely for continued inspections and possible repairs after one of its cargo planes crashed in Kentucky and exploded in a massive, deadly fireball.

The grounding of the workhorse freighter plane involved in a recent deadly crash in Kentucky may drag on for an “undeterminable period,” creating havoc for United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp. and ...

US regulators have extended the grounding order imposed on the Boeing MD-11 to include variants of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, owing to their similar engine pylon structure. The grounding was ordered ...