UPS Airlines Flight 6

N571UP in Dubai in November 2008

UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a cargo flight of UPS Airlines. On September 3, 2010, a Boeing 747-400 crashed on its way from Dubai International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport from near the Dubai airport, the two crew members were killed. The machine was reversed after the crew had reported smoke in the cockpit. It was the first fatal crash at UPS Airlines. The collapse was followed by a study of the safety procedures in case of smoke in the cockpit.

Machine

The affected aircraft was a Boeing 747- 400F, registration N571UP. She had been delivered to UPS Airlines in 2007. She had completed 9,977 flight hours and had been serviced in June 2010.

Circumstances of the accident

Flight 6 from Dubai International Airport started at 14:53 UTC. At 15:15 the crew reported a fire in the cockpit; the aircraft was at this time about 220 km west- north-west of Dubai. Responsible was the air surveillance of Bahrain, and the pilots were able to air traffic controllers in Dubai because of a radio problem, first do not reach. Even though they were offered a diversion to Doha, the captain decided to return to Dubai and to land in a direct approach for runway 12L. During the descent, the captain stated that the smoke was so thick that he could no longer see the instruments and control apparatus for radio.

During the approach, the aircraft was still too high, flew over the airfield and then made a right turn to land on runway 30 of the airport Sharjah. Shortly thereafter, at 15:42 UTC, she disappeared from the radar. The plane crashed on unpopulated area between the Emirates Road and Al Ain Highway, missed while only reaching the Dubai Silicon Oasis.

The captain Doug lamp (48) and his first officer Matthew Bell ( 38) were killed.

Investigation

On 8 October 2010 the Federal Aviation Administration issued a safety warning, since flight was carrying 6 large quantities of lithium batteries and Halon 1301 is unsuitable to delete such fires. On October 29 plastic explosives were discovered on board two cargo planes. On October 31, graduated GCAA, the Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE, from that there had been an explosion on board. On 5 November 2010, the Yemeni wing of al - Qaeda took responsibility for the crash of UPS Flight but finally a massive fire in the area of the cargo hold 6 as the primary cause of the crash was found in which there were the lithium batteries.