The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered MD-11 and MD-11F aircrafts to be grounded as authorities investigate the deadly UPS plane crash in Kentucky. The emergency airworthiness directive came after UPS and FedEx said they are voluntarily grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Louisville.
Main Idea: The FAA grounded MD-11 cargo planes after the deadly Kentucky UPS crash, while FedEx and Boeing also paused use of the jets for safety checks.
Key Points:
The FAA grounding of MD-11 cargo planes may delay packages, raise shipping costs, and disrupt work for UPS and FedEx employees and small businesses.
The grounding may lower the chance of another crash while investigators review the safety issue.
Rate how each entity in this article affected the American people.
Recommended the fleet grounding and is tied to the aircraft as the manufacturer of record.
Voluntarily grounded its MD-11 cargo fleet and is a major corporate actor affected by the grounding.
Issued the emergency grounding order for MD-11 and MD-11F aircraft, making it a central actor in the story.
Named as the original manufacturer of the MD-11 aircraft discussed throughout the article.
Named National Transportation Safety Board official quoted repeatedly as a source of investigation details.
Central location of the UPS hub and crash aftermath, though not acting as a governing entity here.
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