Dubai cargo plane crash.

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By: Newforest - 3rd September 2010 at 17:54

CNN now reporting a cargo plane has crashed near the airport onto a highway and there are fatalities.:(

Plane is reported as being UPS B.747 N571UP.

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By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 18:11 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Not good news! UPS?

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 18:24 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

I just wrote it up in ASN. Thanks for the link GA.

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By: KabirT - 3rd September 2010 at 18:30 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

yea saw this news breaking on Twitter. Does not look good for the pilots till now.

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By: KabirT - 3rd September 2010 at 18:35 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Some extra info (may not be concrete), crash happened after take-off. The fight was headed for Cologne.

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 18:38 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Praying that everyone is ok....

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By: KabirT - 3rd September 2010 at 18:42 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

UPS confirmed 2 crew on board, no casualties confirmed as yet.

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 18:52 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Updated newspaper article:

The US company also has confirmed the crash on its website, saying that the plane is a 747-400F model with two crew members aboard, headed from Dubai to Cologne, Germany. It crashed on takeoff; the company did not confirm any casualties.

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By: Newforest - 3rd September 2010 at 18:57 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

CNN reporting that the bodies of two crew men have been recovered. :(

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 19:08 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Damn It is always terrible and tragic when guys go down whilst doing their job whatever the reason. :( RIP and condolences to all.

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 19:28 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Looks like a pretty new plane, too:

Status: Preliminary
Date: 03 SEP 2010
Time: 17:45
Type: Boeing 747-44AF (SCD)
Operator: UPS
Registration: N571UP
C/n / msn: 35668/1393
First flight: 2007-09-21 (2 years 12 months)
Engines: 4 General Electric CF6-80C2B1F
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Dubai Airport (DXB) (United Arab Emirates)
Phase: (FR)
Nature: Test
Departure airport: Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB), United Arab Emirates
Destination airport: Köln/Bonn-Konrad Adenauer Airport (CGN/EDDK), Germany
Narrative:
Crashed on take-off into an unpopulated area

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By: Bristol_Rob - 3rd September 2010 at 20:42 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Dam!! RIP :(

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By: KabirT - 3rd September 2010 at 20:44 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

http://web16.twitpic.com/img/156055324-ba1da3dae17fed5d5b933248dd60e2a4.4c814cb8-full.jpg

By: Anonymous - 3rd September 2010 at 20:51 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

Weather :

Weather about the time of the accident (15:40 UTC) was
OMDB 031500Z 32006KT 290V030 8000 NSC 35/28 Q0999 NOSIG= [Wind 320 degrees at 6 knots, and variable from 290 to 030 degrees; Visibility 8000m; Ceiling unlimited; Temperature 35°C, Dew Point 28°C; 999 hPa]
OMDB 031600Z 24004KT 8000 NSC 36/27 Q1000 NOSIG=

The pilot radioed air traffic control after departing from Dubai International Airport, reporting smoke and fire in the cockpit, according to Saif al Suwaidi, director general of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

"He was asked to return but he missed the approach and then he disappeared from the radar and then we found that he had crashed between Al Ain Road and the Emirates Road," he said. "So far there's no casualties on the ground that we know of."

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By: nJayM - 4th September 2010 at 00:26 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Indeed a tragedy - relatively new aircraft too

Indeed a tragedy, being a relatively new aircraft too.

Condolences to the N.O.K. of the two crew members who R.I.P.

No reports of casualties on the ground is indeed the only consolation in the circumstances.

By: Anonymous - 7th September 2010 at 19:16 - Edited 10th April 2020 at 19:36

It seems that the DFDR has been found in a reasonable condition.

Second black box of crashed UPS cargo plane found
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The second black box of the UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai on Friday has been found by the search teams from the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE.

The Boeing 747-400’s other black box was found earlier amidst the wreckage of the plane, which crashed on September 3 in Dubai.