The Final Push | Air Crash Investigations (Mayday) | s14x05 (Federal Express Flight 14 and Federal Express Flight 80) FedEx Flight 14 crash, which occurred on December 18, 1997. The flight was a scheduled cargo flight from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California. During the landing approach to the runway at San Jose International Airport, the MD-11 aircraft bounced multiple times before it ultimately crashed, caught fire, and was destroyed. The three crew members on board were killed. The inv