The FedEx Corporation has said that it plans to keep using its MD-11 cargo planes, even after a major accident involving the same model plane late last year. By contrast, UPS announced that it would be retiring its own MD-11s, substantially reducing their fleet until replacements could be found. This has raised concerns that FedEx [...]
According to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Boeing knew of the structural defects that caused a UPS plane to crash in Louisville this past November. The crash ultimately killed fifteen people, with numerous others having required medical attention. Questions remain as to whether Boeing did enough to prevent this crash, or [...]
A small plane crashed at an airport in Cape Cod, MA, resulting in the death of the plane’s pilot. Thankfully, no one else was on board, and no one else was injured in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the cause of the accident, with a preliminary report due out in [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered all McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft to be grounded until further notice, after a deadly UPS plane crash in Kentucky on November 4. This order is an expansion of a previous directive that also grounded the MD-11, the model of airplane involved in the UPS crash, and which is [...]
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center LifeFlight helicopter crash in Wilson County, TN, has resulted in the death of at least one person, as well as two other serious injuries. The flight crashed mid-afternoon, shortly after takeoff from a helipad near the Music City Executive Airport in Gallatin. The two survivors remain in critical condition, and [...]
UPS Airlines Flight 2976 suffered a major mechanical failure shortly after takeoff on November 4, 2025 just outside Louisville, KY, resulting in the deaths of at least fourteen people. According to witnesses, the left wing of the plane suddenly caught fire, before the engine fell separated from the aircraft causing the plane to crash just [...]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on the plane crash that killed famed songwriter Brett James, along with several of his family members. While no specific cause for the crash was listed, an investigation found that the plane had seemingly spiraled out of control before the accident. A full report [...]
A fatal plane crash in Fort Worth, TX, resulted in the deaths of two people after crashing into parked semi-trailers in a parking lot. Unfortunately, this was not the only one of its kind to happen over the weekend, with three small plane crashes happening in the span of two days. These tragedies highlight the [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its preliminary report on a plane crash that occurred near Battle Ground, WA on September 26. The crash, which resulted in one death, did not have a specific cause determined, and remains under investigation. A full report is expected to be out some time within the next few [...]
Brett James, passed away in a plane crash in North Carolina on September 18. His wife and daughter also reportedly died in the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The cause of the accident is under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), but is currently unknown. […]
