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When I first wrote that the crashes of a UPS MD-11F in Louisville and an Emirates 747 cargo plane in Hong Kong exposed deeper structural vulnerabilities in global air shipping, it was not yet clear how far the ramifications might extend.
Now, with preliminary data emerging from the US National Transportation Safety Board* (NTSB) and regulators keeping the MD-11 grounded around the world, the “systemic stress testing” described in earlier coverage this month looks less like a metaphor and more like…
