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

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By Alaa Elassar

(CNN) — 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 plane crash.

A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft plummeted from the sky in Kentucky into a community on the edge of the airport, killing at least 14 people , and carving a trail of fire that consumed businesses and forced panicked victims to jump from the windows to escape the inferno.

In the wake of Tuesday’s crash, the Federal Aviation Administration effectively grounded all MD-11 and MD-11F aircrafts until each undergoes a thorough inspection.

The order issued Saturday was prompted by Tuesday’s crash in which “the left-hand engine