Urge the FAA to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive to permanently ground the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from service.

I write today to strongly urge the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) to permanently ground the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from service

McGarvey urges the FAA to permanently ground the MD-11 via an emergency airworthiness directive.

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sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), urging the agency to permanently ground the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (MD-11) after the devastating crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville last November.

McGarvey called on the FAA to permanently ground the MD-11 after the Louisville UPS crash.

Congressman Morgan McGarvey Calls on FAA to Permanently Ground MD-11 After Tragic Louisville Crash in November | Congressman Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky's 3rd District
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FAA Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-23-51 for MD-11 aircraft required inspections and applicable corrective actions before further flight; the cited action was not a permanent retirement or permanent grounding order.

The FAA did issue an emergency airworthiness directive for MD-11 aircraft after the UPS Flight 2976 crash, but the directive was framed around inspections/corrective action before further flight, not permanent removal from service.

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Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-23-51
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The NTSB page says UPS Flight 2976 was a Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas MD-11F destroyed shortly after takeoff in Louisville on November 4, 2025, and lists the FAA as a party to the investigation.

Official NTSB records establish the crash context and FAA involvement, but do not show that McGarvey urged FAA to permanently ground the MD-11.

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UPS Flight 2976 Crash During Takeoff
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The NTSB update says the left engine and pylon separated shortly after rotation and that investigators were reviewing Boeing and FAA correspondence related to the MD-11 service letter and bearing issue.

The NTSB update supports the safety basis for regulatory action, but it does not document a permanent FAA grounding or a McGarvey request to the FAA.

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Aircraft Accident Investigative Update, DCA26MA024
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WSJ reported FedEx was preparing to return MD-11 cargo jets to service in May while awaiting the final FAA-approved procedure, after regulators grounded all MD-11s following the UPS crash.

Before the FAA lifted the order, FedEx was preparing a return-to-service plan, showing the grounding was expected to be temporary rather than permanent.

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FedEx Plans to Return Grounded MD-11s to Service in May
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Reuters reported that FedEx resumed MD-11 cargo flights after the FAA lifted the grounding order.

The FAA later lifted the MD-11 grounding, so the promised permanent grounding from service was not achieved by July 2, 2026.

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FedEx resumes MD-11 cargo flights after FAA lifts grounding order
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WSJ reported UPS completed the retirement of its MD-11 fleet and took a $137 million write-off tied to that retirement after the crash.

UPS voluntarily retired its own MD-11 fleet, which is related to the policy goal but is not the same as FAA permanently grounding all MD-11 aircraft from service.

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UPS to Cut 30,000 Jobs This Year
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CNN reported McGarvey emphasized that the NTSB would investigate the crash thoroughly. Available reporting located for this assessment did not show him urging FAA to issue a permanent MD-11 grounding directive.

McGarvey publicly addressed the crash and investigation, but this source does not evidence the specific promised action of urging FAA to permanently ground MD-11s.

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NTSB to investigate "every bit of what happened" Rep. McGarvey says
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