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 Douglas MD-11F for urgent inspections following the tragic and ultimately fatal crash of UPS Airlines Flight 2976 in Louisville, aerospace regulators in the United States have now expanded the same emergency airworthiness directive to include the older Douglas DC-10 variants.

The move reflects mounting concerns that common design features in the engine pylon structure could expose Douglas DC-10s to the same risk of engine-pylon separation seen on the UPS flight in question . Operators flying these aging tri-jets now face immediate inspections, possible grounding, and major fleet disrupti

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