LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
The UPS plane involved in Tuesday's crash spent six weeks at a maintenance facility in San Antonio, Texas, according to the NTSB at a press conference on Thursday.
The MD-11 freighter was actually in the process of being phased out by the company.
We found records from September that detail two separate, recent issues with the 34-year-old aircraft.
One record shows maintenance discovered a crack in the center wing upper fuel tank, and the part that was cracked was a lower stringer.
This is a long, slender beam that is a structural component of the plane.
Another record lists corrosion on a longeron, another structural component.
During a press conference on Thursday, the NTSB says it will take a look at every piece of maintenance that was done on this particular ai

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