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BREAKING: FAA: UPS jet crashes in Birmingham, Ala.
CBS 12 News ^ | August 14, 2013 | Michele Wright

Posted on 08/14/2013 4:26:40 AM PDT by The Working Man

Edited on 08/14/2013 5:40:11 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal aviation official says a large UPS cargo plane has crashed near an airport in Birmingham, Ala.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen tells The Associated Press that the A300 plane crashed on approach to the airport before dawn Wednesday. [snip]


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; birmingham; cargo; louisville; onfire; planecrash; ups
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To: brewcrew

Yeah. What?


61 posted on 08/14/2013 6:27:39 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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To: tcrlaf

wow, your experience must have been surreal.

it does almost look like they either ran out of fuel, or instrumentation caused the 1/2 mile or so short-of-landing on the smaller runway.

google maps shows houses and buildings on either side of the narrow path in. (to that shorter runway that runs NW/SE)


62 posted on 08/14/2013 6:29:19 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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Just a quick glance at the history from flightaware (yesterday track/log), the flight in didn’t seem to have the dramatic drops in altitude while on approach. What was different this time?


63 posted on 08/14/2013 6:35:12 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: ConservativeStatement

UPS has it’s own fleet of cargo planes, just like FedEx and DHL do.

No passengers. Flight crew only.


64 posted on 08/14/2013 6:37:23 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Washington didn't use his right to free speech to defeat the British. He shot them.)
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To: Gasshog

UPS pays for damaged/lost packages all the time. Had a package (1 of 5) be involved in a train derailment. Funny thing was the box (after the claim was paid) actually got delivered 2 weeks later. So some of the stuff was recovered and delivered. Same thing will happen here. You just have to have something to show the value of your shipment (invoice generally).


65 posted on 08/14/2013 6:41:05 AM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: machogirl

Live stream from AL

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/08/live_stream_from_birmingham_up.html


66 posted on 08/14/2013 6:42:40 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: The Working Man
"7:42 a.m.: Birmingham resident Eddie Smith, who lives on 90th Place North near the airport, said he heard a loud boom about 5 a.m. "It shook my house so hard, I jumped up," Smith said.

A few minutes later, he said he heard another loud boom. Then it got quiet. He went outside to walk his dog and could see the smoke rising over the trees and hills.

Smith said he was stopped by a Birmingham police officer who drew his weapon and ordered him to return to his home and said that there had been a plane crash."

from al.com snip http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/08/plane_crashes_near_birmingham-.html#incart_big-photo

67 posted on 08/14/2013 6:49:23 AM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (No tag line today)
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To: djf

It is heavily populated, but not in that specific area.


68 posted on 08/14/2013 6:50:08 AM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (No tag line today)
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To: DCBryan1

If that were true...NTSB would NEVER, EVER tell the public the truth.

“The recent crash of the A300, caused by an explosion in a fuel tank...”


69 posted on 08/14/2013 6:53:58 AM PDT by moovova
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To: The Working Man

It was aliens.


70 posted on 08/14/2013 7:00:43 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

Thanks for the Laugh.

On the other hand if you do prove to be correct I will be sure to tell you that you were right all along.


71 posted on 08/14/2013 7:09:45 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: Born to Conserve
It was aliens.


72 posted on 08/14/2013 8:02:24 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Bodleian_Girl

LEOs should be there. some of Obongos peeps may mistake the parcels as some of his Stash.


73 posted on 08/14/2013 8:09:58 AM PDT by Gasshog (Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Your post mentioned both A300 and A330.

The only thing they have in common is the Airbus decal.

Vastly different aircraft.

74 posted on 08/14/2013 8:20:01 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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75 posted on 08/14/2013 8:20:14 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: djf
That’s a big FN plane. Hopefully, it was a relatively unpopulated area.

Those things take off out of Mather airport and make a slow, steep climb right over my house a couple days a week. It's quite a sight.

76 posted on 08/14/2013 8:20:37 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: The Working Man

77 posted on 08/14/2013 8:24:45 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

‘Booms’ a couple of minutes apart?


78 posted on 08/14/2013 8:25:24 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Witness said both engines were sputtering.. Could it have run out of fuel? Heavy payload combined with high winds along route caused increased fuel usage?


79 posted on 08/14/2013 8:43:33 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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bfl


80 posted on 08/14/2013 8:54:55 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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