UPS Airlines Flight 1354

Identically constructed Airbus A300- 600F

The UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled flight the cargo carrier UPS Airlines from Louisville Airport to Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport, Alabama. On August 14, 2013 it crashed, an Airbus A300- 600F during the approach with a non- precision approach procedure 1000 meters north of runway 18, after he had touched the trees. He broke into several pieces, caught fire and eventually came to rest in slightly hilly terrain. In the accident lost both the captain and the co-pilot their lives. The NTSB sent an investigation team to the accident site.

Aircraft

The Airbus A300 -600 was built in 2003 and delivered in February 2004 with the registration number N155UP new to UPS. Time of the accident he had flown 11,000 flight hours and 6,800 flight cycles.