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UPS Safe Landing in Tulsa
What: UPS Cargo Airbus en route from Louisville to Tulsa Where: Tulsa International Airport When: May 22, 2012 5:40 a.m. Who: 2 Crew Why: En route, the plane flashed a landing gear warning. Pilots made a safe landing in Tulsa but had to be towed. The runway was closed for thirty minutes. Below see... »
UPS Emergency Landing in Louisville
What: UPS cargo plane en route from Louisville Where: Louisville International Airport When: May 21, 20125:30 p.m. Who: UPS Crew Why: At 5:30 p.m. after taking off from Louisville, the pilot told ATC of a fire indication in an engine, and said it must make an emergency landing. Emergency services were on standby as... »
Anchorage: UPS Lands in Smoke
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Carlos Aleman What: UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Cargo Jet en route from Shanghai to Anchorage,AK Where: Anchorage When: Nov 21, 2011 Who: 7 crew Why: The flight landed with crew reporting smoke. No fire was found. »
UPS/Pilots Sign Agreements on Safety and Security
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — United Parcel Service and the Independent Pilots Association, the collective bargaining unit for its 2,800 pilots, today signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes joint UPS/IPA Safety and Security Task Forces. Both will be made up of six members, three named by each party. “This agreement reaffirms... »
Suspicious Packages on UPS and Fed Ex Cargo Flights
What: UPS flight Where: East Midlands When: Oct 29 2010 Why: A suspicious package on a UPS cargo flight (a toner cartridge with wires attached and a white powder) has raised the US Transportation Security Administration to order UPS flights searched for suspicious cargo. Officials indicate that tests on the device came back negative... »
Dubai Investigation Continuing. Cargo Under Scrutiny
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Timo Jäger General Civil Aviation Authority released a report that the black boxes indicated smoke or fire on the main deck and “lower aft cargo compartment” towards the back of the doomed aircraft. The GCAA says investigators are still uncertain of the causes of... »
Dubai: UPS Boeing Black Boxes Sent to US
The NTSB has received the data and voice recorders from the UPS Boeing 747-400 that crashed in Dubai on Sept 3 2010. Two crew members died in the cargo plane crash after an on board fire that made viewing flight gauges impossible. »
UPS Boeing Crashes in Dubai
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Timo Jäger What: United Parcel Service Boeing 747-400 cargo plane en route from Dubai to Cologne Where: Dubai inside an Emirati air base between Dubai’s Emirates Highway and nearby Al-Ain Road 10 miles southeast of Dubai’s international airport When: September 3 2010, noon New... »
Mystery Alerts Ground UPS Flight
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Ben Wang What: UPS Boeing 747-400 en route from Louisville to Dallas Where: Louisville When: April 14 2010 Who: 2 crew Why: After takeoff, multiple systems failed, and the crew decided to make a cautionary landing. No explanation has been provided any more explicit... »
UPS Emergency Landing in Brazil
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Erick Lopez What: UPS Boeing 767-300 en route from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires Where: Sao Paulo When: Feb 7th 2010 Why: While en route, the flight developed hydraulics issues and returned to Viracopos to make a safe landing. »
