In its investigative update, the NTSB reports fatigue cracking in the left engine pylon of UPS Flight 2976, a key clue in the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has widened its emergency response to a serious engine pylon issue that was first uncovered on the MD-11 freighter fleet. Days after grounding the McDonnell ...

Stratolaunch announces the successful completion of its fifth flight test of Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft. The aircraft flew for 4 hours and 58 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that fatigue cracks were found in a UPS MD-11 cargo jet involved in a fatal crash in Kentucky. The cracks were in a support structure known as ...

US FAA, via its Dynamic Regulatory System, issued (14-Nov-2025) a new emergency airworthiness directive (AD) in response to the crash of a UPS MD-11F on 04-Nov-2025, in which the left hand engine and ...

The fifth flight debuted a new pylon on the aircraft’s center wing that will be used to carry and release Talon-A hypersonic vehicles. The hardware is comprised of a mini-wing and adapter that is ...