UPS MD-11 crash at SDF

[Pilot Fighter]

About time. Would’ve expected this earlier just due to the nature of this accident and the amount of unknowns and why questions, with what has been both seen and the evidence left over. All of which cannot be yet answered for. Based on this, it’s absolute BS that a fleet grounding wasn’t done very shortly after the accident. Better late than never, but it may just be found that it was luck another accident didn’t occur. As IO / IIC, I would’ve been pushing for this first thing on this one.

Did UPS and FedEx ground their fleets before or after the Boeing advisory?

With an engine left resting on the side of runway, I’m surprised Boeing didn’t act immediately instead of increasing their liability. Have MD-11’s ever seen a Boeing MRO?

Boeing recommending D-checks on every MD-11 could be the final straw.

767 production was scheduled to end in 2027, it looks like new orders will keep the line open beyond 2027.

 

[averettpilot]

I keep getting questions from friends and family about this accident. All I can offer is an engine fell off during take-off and I have no idea why. Some folks think because you work in aviation you have the number to the red phone in the administrators office. I've been through this before just wondering how any others here handle it, if it goes on too long I just start making up nonsense and then hope to see my gibberish quoted somewhere. Happily I've never read my nonsense repeated anywhere, but I'll say very strange things like an alien fighter drone sacrificed itself by diving into the engine of a heavily laden cargo jet during take off. The phone gets real quiet or the text/email chain stops pretty quick. How do you folks deal with that aspect of our lives?

I say I don’t know and won’t know until the report comes out in a year or so….and by the way anyone you hear saying they know something, they don’t know either.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I’m surprised Boeing didn’t act immediately instead of increasing their liability.

I mean it took two large passenger hull losses for them to care about the unairworthy condition on the MAX so

 

[Wardogg]

It took too long to ground the fleet.

When you have a smoking gun like an entire engine and pylon being left behind, you ground the fleet until you rule out a fleet-specific issue.

I could have sworn I heard in a NTSB briefing that the pylon was mostly still on the airplane?