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UPS 747-400 Freighter Crashes in Dubai, Killing Two


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Gulf News:

The ill-fated Boeing 747-400 cargo plane bound for Cologne from Dubai took off at 7pm on Friday and crashed about an hour later in a military camp located between Emirates Road and Al Ain highway.

Dubai: Preliminary investigation results into the United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo plane crash suggest the pilots may have twice tried but failed to land during the hour prior to the crash.

The ill-fated Boeing 747-400 cargo plane bound for Cologne from Dubai took off at 7pm on Friday and crashed about an hour later in a military camp located between Emirates Road and Al Ain highway.

Sometime during the reported sequence of two "missed approaches" to the airport, the pilot declared an emergency, possibly due to smoke inside the cockpit.

Reports indicated that the pilots might have been forced to try to land at the government-owned facility after struggling with an onboard emergency that could have obscured their view of some instruments.

Neither UPS nor authorities commented on the precise sequence of events.

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The aircraft lost was N571UP, a Boeing 747-44AF which was only 3 years old.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6915194

Despite what the media is saying, reports from pilots who were flying in the area are saying the aircraft had a fire on the main cargo deck, and this made it impossible for the crew to see. They came in too high and too fast, tried to abort the landing, but could not make it around for a second attempt.
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