The world’s largest cargo carriers, UPS and FedEx, grounded their MD-11 freighter fleets at the recommendation of Boeing, the aircraft’s manufacturer.
US logistics companies UPS and FedEx have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes.
The decision, announced on Friday evening, followed a crash involving one of the planes at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky earlier that week, which killed at least 14 people.
It’s not Boeing’s responsibility to maintain them at all once they sell them. They provide maintenance plans and sell services, but it’s not really any different from a car.