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UPS cargo plane crash: What went wrong with the MD-11F

One of the rarest, most perilous mechanical failures in commercial aviation is an engine loss on takeoff, yet that’s exactly what investigators say happened to UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville. The ...
Senators from both parties pushed Thursday for changes to a major defense bill after crash investigators and victims' ...
A fiery MD-11 plane crash on Nov. 4 in Louisville, Kentucky, killed 14 people and injured at least 23 when the left engine ...
Black swans entered the public vernacular in 2007 with the publication of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Black swans are unexpected events, outliers ...
The pilot of an Indian combat plane died after the aircraft crashed during a demonstration flight for spectators at the Dubai Air Show, the Indian Air Force said Friday. The Indian HAL Tejas, a combat ...
The pilot of an Indian combat plane has died after a crash during a demonstration flight at the Dubai Air Show DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The pilot of an Indian combat plane died after the ...
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 ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Thursday of the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville, finding the left engine pylon showed "fatigue ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's been two weeks since a UPS cargo plane crashed just south of the Louisville's international airport and recovery is slowly ongoing at the crash site. Fourteen people were killed ...
The family of a woman from India who died in a 2019 airliner crash could receive nearly $35 million from Boeing, under a jury verdict and negotiated settlement with aircraft maker Boeing. On Nov. 11, ...