Plane 'crashes on Dubai highway'

[Rockville]

A cargo plane has crashed on a major highway in Dubai, according to local officials and media reports.
The plane came down on the Emirates highway, setting some cars on fire, al-Arabiya television reported.
Ambulances were rushing to the area, located near a residential district, the Dubai-based broadcaster added.
There is no word yet on casualties.

BBC News,
3 September 2010 Last updated at 16:26 GMT

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/4262 ... dubai.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has local reports from "aviation people"...

[Stratofreighter]

And apparently

UPS B744 N571UP

is the victim according to the Pprune-link above...

[SPL]

Registration not yet confirmed though...


Groeten Martijn

[Le Addeur noir]

Flight reported as UPS6 Dubai-Koln.

N571UP was over Thailand 24 hours ago.

[joost]

Press statement UPS

[flying_kiwi]

N571UP was the reg filed for the flight to Cologne, so it's likely that this was the aircraft involved.
The current rumours are that the crew declared emergency just after takeoff due to a cockpit fire, and were dumping fuel right up to the moment of impact. Eyewitness statements suggest that the crew managed to direct the plane into a relatively empty area.

Yorden

[Maikel van der Heijden]

That's a new plane.

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

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast ... c&wom=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bokkum]

Pictures: http://gulfnews.com/pictures/news/in-pi ... i-1.677380" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;