UPS said in a Nov. 7 statement it would temporarily ground the MD-11 fleet effective immediately. The decision comes after the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS cargo flight in Louisville, where at least 14 people died, including three crew members, and others are still missing as of Nov. 7. It’s the deadliest crash in UPS Airlines history.

UPS said on Wednesday it would reopen its sprawling air cargo hub in Louisville, Kentucky, after temporarily shuttering it a day earlier due to a deadly plane crash, a move that will begin easing delays in the delivery firm's global network.

Operations at the Worldport facility resumed Wednesday night, with the courier extending expected delivery times for some priority delivery services.

Approximately 9% of the UPS fleet is made up of MD-11 freighter planes. All were grounded Nov. 7 amid an ongoing probe into a deadly Nov. 4 crash.

A UPS cargo plane crashed at a Louisville, Kentucky, airport where the company operates its largest package delivery hub

When President Obama changed the de minimis exemption from $200 to $800 in 2016, the U.S. saw a major increase in low-value imports flooding into the country. The volume of de minimis shipments jumped from 140 million in 2014 to 1.36 billion in 2024.

American delivery firm UPS has temporarily grounded part of its fleet of cargo planes after a mid-takeoff crash in Kentucky on Tuesday left at least 14 people dead. The aircraft burst into flames as it careered off the runway and collided with neighbouring business premises,