I don’t think Boeing has ever done any design work (aside from maintenance and spare parts) for the MD-11, as soon as they bought MacDonnell Douglas they cancelled the MD-11 manufacturing and built more 777s, which is why no passenger airline operates them.
The MD-11 is inherently flawed in some ways (because of changes made to the DC-10 concept it’s based on to try extend range and improve fuel efficiency), pilots require specialised training to operate it. Because of it’s tiny horizontal stabilizer and elevators, it has poor ability to land in crosswinds and has the highest approach speed of any airliner currently in service, historically only the Concorde had a higher approach speed. That has nothing to do with this crash though, that’s a double engine failure on takeoff.
I don’t think Boeing has ever done any design work (aside from maintenance and spare parts) for the MD-11, as soon as they bought MacDonnell Douglas they cancelled the MD-11 manufacturing and built more 777s, which is why no passenger airline operates them.
The MD-11 is inherently flawed in some ways (because of changes made to the DC-10 concept it’s based on to try extend range and improve fuel efficiency), pilots require specialised training to operate it. Because of it’s tiny horizontal stabilizer and elevators, it has poor ability to land in crosswinds and has the highest approach speed of any airliner currently in service, historically only the Concorde had a higher approach speed. That has nothing to do with this crash though, that’s a double engine failure on takeoff.