MD-11 Grounding Push, Schneider Rate Recovery, & Port Houston's $48M Grant | The Morning Minute
In this episode, we kick things off by examining a Kentucky congressman's demand to permanently ground an aging cargo jet following a catastrophic Louisville crash that killed fourteen people. Representative Morgan McGarvey has officially petitioned the FAA to permanently shut down the entire McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet after UPS Flight 2976's left engine detached during takeoff, igniting a fire and slamming the aircraft into buildings. While UPS has retired its remaining twenty-eight MD-11s, FedEx is ramping up preparations to reactivate all twenty-seven of its MD-11 freighters as soon as…
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