2 pilots killed in UPS jumbo cargo plane crash

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Two pilots died in a UPS jumbo cargo plane crash early Wednesday morning just outside a Birmingham, Alabama, airport, officials said.  

A UPS spokesman confirmed that the plane was a UPS A-300 Airbus, tail number N155UP, with two crew members aboard. The flight originated in Louisville, Kentucky, and crashed upon its approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen told The Associated Press that the plane crashed before dawn. Debris was still smoldering and the nose of the plane was detached from the body.

The plane crashed in an isolated field outside the airport's perimeter fence and a white plume of smoke was seen rising from the site. Teams of emergency crews responded to the crash.

It was not immediately known what the plane was carrying; UPS spokesman Jeff Wafford said only that the plane was carrying a variety of cargo.

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[Growled Member]

My thoughts go out to their families. I wonder what could have happened?

[+Warwagon MVC]

So what shows up on the tracking status of packages that were on the plane?

 

Plane crash?

[chrisj1968]

there sure has been quite a few plane crashes in the US as of late.

 

I read an article whereby controllers try to get more planes to land per hour and they come down fast and hard.

[xendrome]

So what shows up on the tracking status of packages that were on the plane?

 

Plane crash?

 

Actually I've seen this happen and it usually changes to "Mechanical Failure Occurred"

[Growled Member]

 Maybe delayed, warwagon? Good question, though.

[+Warwagon MVC]

 Maybe delayed, warwagon? Good question, though.

 

Or... "Package Destroyed!"

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^ Don't expect the new laptop you ordered.

[BobSlob]

there sure has been quite a few plane crashes in the US as of late.

 

I read an article whereby controllers try to get more planes to land per hour and they come down fast and hard.

 

What? No. Thats simply false. Airplanes have an approach speed, that they must follow, the controller can't make them go faster than that.

[RageOfFury]

Holy crap...I ordered some clothes from a company in Birmingham which shipped my package via UPS...yikes I hope it wasn't on that plane! :pinch:

[Hum]

^ Cheer up ...
 

 

The flight originated in Louisville, Kentucky