"The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said. "We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer," a UPS statement said late Friday. "Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the communities we serve.""
"The UPS cargo plane, built in 1991, was nearly airborne Tuesday when a bell sounded in the cockpit, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said earlier Friday. For the next 25 seconds, the bell rang and the pilots tried to control the aircraft as it barely lifted off the runway, its left wing ablaze and missing an engine, and then plowed into the ground in a spectacular fireball. The cockpit voice recorder captured the bell, which sounded about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, Inman"
"Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press asking the reasoning behind the recommendation. Western Global Airlines is the only other U.S. cargo airline that flies MD-11s, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. The airline has 16 MD-11s in its fleet but 12 of them have already been put in storage."
UPS and FedEx grounded their McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo fleets out of caution after a UPS MD-11 crash at the Worldport hub in Louisville. The crash killed 14 people, including the three pilots aboard the flight to Honolulu. MD-11s comprise about 9% of UPS's airline fleet and 4% of FedEx's fleet. Both carriers said the grounding followed a recommendation from the aircraft manufacturer and that safety reviews will be conducted. Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, did not immediately comment. The National Transportation Safety Board reported a cockpit bell sounded before the plane crashed and the cockpit voice recorder captured the event.
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