Overpromises aside, when it came to hauling goods around the world, the aircraft stood out -- so the MD-11 found its true ...

After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing in ... The size and accessibility of the aircraft allow for large and heavy oversized cargo that is generally unfit for conventional pallets.

A pilot from Chanhassen was seriously injured Saturday when the cargo plane he was co-piloting crashed during takeoff, killing three other American crew members. The crash occurred at Pudong ...