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UPS has officially retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters, bringing an end to the company’s operations with the three-engine aircraft following a fatal accident in November and the subsequent grounding of the fleet.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary findings on the unusual mid-air collision involving United Airlines flight UA1093, a Boeing 737-8 (registration N17327), which took place on October 16, 2025, near Moab, Utah.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that Boeing’s failure to follow critical safety protocols directly led to the dramatic mid-exit door (MED) plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 earlier this year.