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Offline Wolfala

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UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« on: September 03, 2010, 03:12:28 PM »
Friend of mine Doug Lampe from Louisville KY was flying left seat.

 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A UPS 747 cargo plane with two crew aboard crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday, the company said.

The United Arab Emirates civil aviation authority said the bodies of the two crew members on board were recovered.

The plane went down inside an Emirati air base near a busy highway intersection about 10 miles southeast of Dubai's international airport.

UPS spokeswoman Kristen Petrella said the Boeing 747-400 went down at about 8 p.m. in Dubai. Flight 6 was en route to the UPS hub in Cologne, Germany, she said.

An Associated Press photographer saw smoke rising from the crash site, which was shielded from the highway by walls. Migrants laborers from a nearby camp gathered along the roadside to watch.

A large section of the plane was visibly on fire before it crashed.
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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 03:24:31 PM »
Sucks.


Sorry for your loss Wolfala. 


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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 03:29:17 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2010, 03:39:12 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2010, 04:10:02 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2010, 04:57:27 PM »
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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2010, 05:34:51 PM »
dam! sorry for your loss sir.
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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2010, 05:39:23 PM »
My condolences, Wolf.   Always tough to lose somebody.

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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2010, 06:20:23 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2010, 02:53:26 AM »
very sorry for your loss, mate

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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2010, 05:41:26 AM »
Sorry for the loss :pray.  I work for ups and that was all everyone was talking about last night.
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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2010, 08:48:08 AM »
Sorry for the loss :pray.  I work for ups and that was all everyone was talking about last night.

Can imagine - first fatal for the company in its history. Were there any specifics for where the fire was prior to impact?


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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2010, 10:00:27 AM »
Can imagine - first fatal for the company in its history. Were there any specifics for where the fire was prior to impact?

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=b2f98f1d-e874-4cf3-af4e-9216e290a654&

This article said they reported a fire in the cockpit.. Sorry to hear of this loss..  :frown:


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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2010, 11:04:41 AM »
Sorry for the loss of your friend and his partner in the cockpit.

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Re: UPS 747 crash in Dubai
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2010, 11:38:25 AM »
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