When N585FE first took to the skies, it was a passenger plane for American Airlines (N1759). The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is now a freighter for FedEx. We photographed N585FE on July 10, 2018 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
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N585FE
N585FE was initially delivered to American Airlines on April 19, 1992 as N1759. After serving six years as a passenger carrier, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was converted to a freighter and delivered to FedEx on June 17, 1998. The MD-11F is named Katherine and is one of 57 in the main fleet.
Earlier this year, on April 29, 2018, N585FE was to perform a flight form Memphis, Tennessee to Cologne, Germany. Flying at 37,000 feet, just outside of Newark, New Jersey, a fuel leak was detected. The MD-11F was diverted to Newark for a safe landing. After landing, it was reported that a lot of fuel was coming from the airplane.
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MD-11 F
The first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 took its maiden flight on January 10, 1990 and was introduced with launch customer Finnair in December, 1990 as a passenger airliner. In total, 200 were built while 53 were delivered as MD-11 Freighters. The aircraft was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas from 1988 to 1997 and by Boeing from 1997 to 2000. Top operators remain FedEx and Lufthansa Cargo.
The MD-11F is 62 metres or 202 feet in length with a wingspan of 52 metres or 170 feet. The height at the tail is 18 metres or 58 feet. The flight range when fully loaded with cargo is 7,320 kilometres.
FedEx
FedEx commenced operations in 1973 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The cargo airline has a main fleet of nearly 660 aircraft flying to over 375 destinations worldwide. The most numerous in the fleet is the Boeing 757-200SF while the largest is the Boeing 777F.