UPS MD-11 crash at SDF

[Boris Badenov]

What “alarm bell in the cockpit” could have prevented the accident sequence, and was it before V1?

Early on there was some confusion about this based, I think, on a misunderstood ntsb briefing comment. It was almost immediately quashed, but I suppose if you're the sort of attorney who lets chat gpt write your briefs...

 

[DE727UPS]

What “alarm bell in the cockpit” could have prevented the accident sequence, and was it before V1?

Blancorio did a video on the timing of the fire warning and V1. They were simultaneous.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Not that it matters, only curious does UPS call V1 at V1 or V1-5kts?

 

[EIR]

Not that it matters, only curious does UPS call V1 at V1 or V1-5kts?

At V1

 

[CFI A&P]

FX9045 (FDX9045) FedEx Flight Tracking and History 09-May-2026 (KMEM-KMEM) - FlightAware

Track FedEx (FX) #9045 flight from Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis to Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis

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[mikecweb]

Good to see her flying again. Will miss the greatest airplane I've ever flown.

 

[Skåning]

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[Boris Badenov]

It's such a cool airplane, glad to see it back in the air. Not sure exactly how all of the wheels (and dollars) work for it to make sense, but I doubt they'd be doing it if it didn't.

I confess that I'm also a little bit happy because I think it's going to put Brown's "emergency" contract-lift after their "voluntary-we-were-totally-planning-this" retirement of the MD in a very dubious spot.

 

[GypsyPilot]

Good to see her flying again. Will miss the greatest airplane I've ever flown.

Dang dude, I didn’t know you went to something else. Sorry, I know you loved it!

I never flew it, but a FDX MD-11 was the first offline jumpseat I ever took when I was a brand new Brasilia FO. I’ll never forget how amazing that was, a takeoff out of LAX on a badass airplane.

 

[ERfly]

Dang dude, I didn’t know you went to something else. Sorry, I know you loved it!

I never flew it, but a FDX MD-11 was the first offline jumpseat I ever took when I was a brand new Brasilia FO. I’ll never forget how amazing that was, a takeoff out of LAX on a badass airplane.

My first FedEx offline jumpseat was an MD-10-10. I remember thinking how cool it was...albeit it slightly underpowered.

I remember the FO turning around to me and saying, "Kinda makes you feel like you're at home. We're climbing like an RJ!", whilst we were doing about 900'/min in the 30s up to cruise. I just smiled and said, "Yeah, but the difference is that you're still doing .83!"

 

[mikecweb]

Dang dude, I didn’t know you went to something else. Sorry, I know you loved it!

I never flew it, but a FDX MD-11 was the first offline jumpseat I ever took when I was a brand new Brasilia FO. I’ll never forget how amazing that was, a takeoff out of LAX on a badass airpla

Yea the -72 captains in 5 months was hard to overcome.