The FAA now prohibits flight of MD-11 aircraft because it has "determined the unsafe condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design."

The FAA's emergency directive on Saturday prohibits flight of MD-11 aircraft because it has "determined the unsafe condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design."

And this is going to further delay cargo during holiday delivery, on top of the air traffic controllers problem

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/09/nx-s1-5602930/ups-fedex-md11-aircraft-holiday-shippin