July 31, 1997 – FedEx MD-11 crashed during a landing at Newark airport near New York City The aircraft flipped onto its back and caught fire, following a landing attempt. All five on board survived ...

The MD-11 was a sales flop, and was shunned by passenger airlines. The aircraft was poorly executed, and its entire concept was a relic of a bygone era. While the plane was quickly removed from ...

By the time manufacturing ended in 2000, just 200 units had been produced. Regardless of this rise and fall, the MD-11 remains an interesting aircraft, and here's everything you need to know about it.

Indeed, KLM's final regular flight MD-11 flight brings an end to the aircraft's nearly two-and-half-decade run of flying passengers for the world's airlines.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the McDonnell Douglas MD-11’s legacy now that FedEx and UPS have both announced plans to retire the ... European Air Transport Editor at Aviation Week.

Lufthansa Cargo's last Boeing MD-11 freighter completed its final service with the European carrier on 17 October, before its sale to US operator Western Global Airlines.

In 1999, China Airlines MD-11 crashed on landing in strong winds at Hong Kong airport. Also in 1997 a FedEx MD-11 freighter crash landed at Newark airport, New Jersey and burst into flames.

Air cargo giants FedEx and UPS, the two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter, have both announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of aging trijets.