{"id":424307,"date":"2026-05-09T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/md-11-return-boeing-engine-fix\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:38:53","slug":"md-11-return-how-a-small-engine-fix-is-getting-fedexs-tri-jets-back-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=424307","title":{"rendered":"MD-11 Return: How A Small Engine Fix Is Getting FedEx&#8217;s Tri-Jets Back In The Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The return of the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"3525616\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/mcdonnell-douglas-md-11\/\"  >McDonnell Douglas MD-11<\/a><\/span> to the skies could be near, with <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"60363\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/boeing\/\"  >Boeing<\/a><\/span> having designed a fix that includes a small piece of hardware. This included with an inspection and maintenance plan that may pave the way for the planes to return to service, which will require rigorous inspection and sign-off from the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"257847\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>Federal Aviation Administration<\/span><\/span> (FAA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 to the skies could be near, with Boeing having designed a fix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,398,1523,9103,423],"tags":[18662],"class_list":["post-424307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-fedex","category-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11","category-united-states","tag-ups-flight-2976"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=424307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424361,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424307\/revisions\/424361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}