{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-calls-on-faa-to-permanently-ground-md-11-after-tragic-louisville-crash-in-november", "Congressman Morgan McGarvey Calls on FAA to Permanently Ground MD-11 After Tragic Louisville Crash in November", "2026-04-24", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2026) \u2013 Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), urging the agency to permanently ground the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (MD-11) after the devastating crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville last November.\n\nAccording to initial reporting and the National Transportation Safety Board, Flight 2976 experienced a critical structural failure causing the left engine and pylon to detach from the rest of the aircraft.\n\n\u201cFamilies have lost loved ones, communities have suffered overwhelming sadness, and the nation has witnessed yet another catastrophic disaster involving an aircraft with a long-documented history of mechanical problems,\u201d McGarvey wrote. \u201cWe have a collective responsibility to ensure that no additional lives are put at risk by an aircraft whose design and operational history have repeatedly demonstrated an unacceptable level of danger.\u201d\n\nThe letter asserts the tragedy in Louisville was the result of a broader pattern of structural deficiencies, citing a long-documented history of mechanical problems as cause for the FAA to permanently ground the model of aircraft from service.\n\nThe MD-11 has experienced at least ten hull loss accidents since entering service in 1990 \u2013 the highest hull loss rate (per million departures) of any wide-body commercial jet airliner still flying within the U.S. \u2013 according to Boeing, the model\u2019s manufacturer.\n\n\u201cGiven the MD-11\u2019s safety record, the NTSB\u2019s preliminary report on the Louisville crash, and the FAA\u2019s statutory obligations, I urge the FAA to take immediate steps to permanently ground the MD-11,\u201d the Congressman concluded.\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\n###\n\nCongressman Morgan McGarvey represents Kentucky\u2019s Third Congressional District, including Louisville and Jefferson County. He serves on the House Veterans Affairs, Small Business, and Budget Committees.", 1, "2026-04-25T05:38:36Z", "2026-04-25T05:40:21Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-calls-on-faa-to-permanently-ground-md-11-after-tragic-louisville-crash-in-november"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8060920517891645, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}