6 people killed in business jet crash in Bangor, Maine
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Clifford Law Offices announced a fleet of the jet model that had crashed in the UPS tragedy in Louisville has been retired. Clifford Law Offices’ counsel in the litigation involving this crash said that the announced retirement is yet another example or “graveyard engineering,
ATLANTA — Sandy Springs-based UPS announced that it is retiring its fleet of MD-11 model planes – the same model of plane that crashed at the Louisville, Kentucky airport in November. UPS held its fourth-quarter investor call on Tuesday, where CEO Carol Tomé said the planes will be replaced.
An MD-11 cargo plane is the style plane that crashed into Louisville businesses, shortly after the left engine caught fire and detached. She did not link the retirement of MD-11s to the crash. “Over the next year or so, we will replace much of that capacity with new, more efficient, Boeing 767 aircraft,” Tome added.
The FAA said the aircraft went down during departure and was later consumed by a post-crash fire.