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The global air cargo industry has seen rapid developments this week, with UPS and FedEx grounding their entire fleets of MD-11Fs.

The cockpit voice recorder captured a persistent bell that began about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, and the bell continued until the recording ended, an NTSB official said.

Poseidon Aerospace secured $11 million in seed funding and is using the cash to develop two cargo-hauling unmanned aircraft, Egret and Heron. Why it matters: "A lot of people are thinking about kinetics and forward effects and what those look like,

The NTSB confirmed a UPS cargo plane's left engine separated during takeoff before a fatal Louisville airport crash that killed 12 people and injured 11 others Tuesday.

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -As a bell sounded in the cockpit, three UPS pilots tried to control a cargo flight that crashed this week in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 13 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday.

The cabin crew aboard the UPS plane that crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, have been identified. UPS identified Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Ofc. Lee Truitt and International Relief Ofc. Cpt. Dana Diamond as the victims aboard the flight.

HONG KONG (AP) — A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol vehicle before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car, authorities said. The plane’s four crew members were unhurt.

Air Canada said on Friday it has reached a deal with its pilots to allow the airline to operate dedicated cargo aircraft, as the carrier converts several of its retired Boeing 767-300ER passenger jets into freighters.