UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded all 57 MD-11 freighter aircraft in their fleets to conduct checks following the catastrophic accident involving one of the planes this week. The post UPS and FedEx halt MD-11 flying to conduct safety review appeared first on FreightWaves.

Veterans Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 11, and while restaurants, grocery stores, and retail stores will largely remain open on the day, banks and post offices will not.

The holiday season is in full swing and the post office, UPS and FedEx have set the deadlines to make sure your cards and packages to their destinations in time for the celebrations. The USPS said that Dec. 17 is the key date for Ground Advantage and First-Class mail going to the contiguous U.S.

The halt to MD-11 flight operations comes after the deadly crash of a UPS aircraft of that type in Louisville, Kentucky.

Three employees at Grade A Auto Parts and Recycling are still unaccounted for after a UPS cargo plane crashed into Louisville business.