Investigation focuses on cracked engine mount components that went undetected during maintenance on the 34-year-old MD-11.

An airport worker was reportedly rescued moments before takeoff after he got trapped in the cargo hold of an Air Canada Rouge plane at Pearson International Airport on Dec. 13

The C-17 is the most popular Western strategic airlifter, and it boasts many advantages over freighter aircraft.

China has pushed its logistics ambitions further into the sky, completing the first flight of a new unmanned cargo aircraft designed to haul ton-class loads into remote and rugged regions. The Tianma-1000,

The first fully autonomous cargo plane has now flown a complete mission, from pushback at the gate to arrival and shutdown, without a pilot touching the controls. The milestone caps a decade of rapid experimentation in uncrewed logistics aircraft and signals that pilotless freight operations are moving from concept to commercial reality.

Boeing warned MD-11 operators that a part securing the cargo plane's engines to their wings had failed four times, while insisting it did not pose a safety risk.