The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive for all MD-10 and DC-10 aircraft to be grounded due to similarities with the UPS MD-11 model that crashed recently in Louisville. On 15 November 2025, the FAA stated that all MD-10 and DC-10 aircraft are required to undergo inspection and if needed, repairs. “This action expands last week’s directive after new analysis showed these aircraft share key design features with the MD-11,” explained the FAA. Explaining the latest Airworthiness Directive (AD), the agency said it was “issuing this emergency AD because the agency has determined the unsafe condition described previously is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design.” According to the FAA, the updated directive affects ten additional US registered planes. Source