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Why can an MD-11F lose an engine on takeoff?

The MD-11’s three engines were meant to make “one engine out” a manageable problem; an engine leaving the airplane is ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

FAA grounds MD-11 fleet as Louisville crash raises inspection focus

What does it take for an airliner that has been flying freight for decades to be told, in essence, to sit down immediately?
AOL

FAA halts flights of MD-11 cargo planes and requires inspections after UPS plane crash leaves community in mourning

The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo ...
Flightglobal

Crew error caused Gemini Air Cargo Boeing MD-11F Nottingham East Midlands low approach

Gemini Air Cargo MD-11F descended 1,000ft too far after 'distracted' pilots failed to set altimeter to local pressure Investigators have concluded that the failure of a Gemini Air Cargo Boeing ...
Aviation Week

Lufthansa Cargo’s Last MD-11F Flight Marks Tri-Jet’s European Phaseout

Lufthansa Cargo’s last MD-11F landed in Frankfurt on Oct. 17 for the final time. Flight LH8161 from New York JFK marked the end of Lufthansa Cargo’s commercial service with the three-engine MD-11F ...