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The United Parcel Service (UPS), the multinational shipping company in the United States, said it has grounded its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes after one of them was involved in a tragic crash in Kentucky this week that killed 14 people.

American delivery agent FedEx has also grounded its fleet of MD-11s while it conducts a safety review. The crash on Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu.

Horrifying visuals emerged on social media, showing a UPS MD-11F cargo plane, Flight 2976, crashing into a residential neighbourhood near Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville and erupting in a fireball on November 5. The accident happened after one of

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