UPS and FedEx announced late Friday that they were grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes following the deadly crash in Kentucky this week.

Here’s what to know about the planes:

MD-11 planes grounded

FILE - A UPS MD-11 cargo plane sits idle on the tarmac on November 5, 2025 at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky. The same type of plane crashed near the UPS facility at the airport shortly after take-off on November 4, killin Expand

What they're saying:

The carriers announced their decisions separately but said it was "out of an abundance of caution."

"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 an

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