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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Fire Indication

UPS flight 5X-2276 made an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on December 5th.

The plane flying from Louisville, Kentucky, was on approach to RDU Airport when the crew requested emergency assistance due to an engine fire indication.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Louisville

UPS flight 5X-605 made an emergency landing in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 27th.

The Airbus A300-600 freighter plane took off from Chicago, Illinois, but the crew failed to retract the landing gear.

The crew continued to Louisville where they requested the longest runway. The plane subsequently landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Shannon Airport

UPS flight 5X-209 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on November 18th.

The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Smoke in Cockpit

UPS flight 5X-634 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on August 29th.

The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Rockford, Illinois, to Saint Louis, Missouri, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Germany

UPS flight 5X-275 made an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on July 24th.

The Boeing 767-200 freighter plane flying from Vienna, Austria, was on approach to Cologne when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.

The crew went around to work the related checklists and subsequently landed safely.

Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Mumbai

UPS flight 5X-15 made an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on March 8th.

The Boeing 747-400 plane flying from Bangkok, Thailand, was descending toward Mumbai when the crew reported a hydraulic failure.

The plane burst a tire during landing and became disabled on the runway.

Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Myanmar

UPS flight 5X-3 made an emergency landing in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 28th.

The plane heading from Hong Kong, China, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was diverted after the crew received a fire indication.

The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.


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Bird-Hit UPS Plane Makes Safe Landing in Rockford, IL

UPS flight 5X-555 made a safe landing following a bird strike near Rockford, Illinois, on October 9th.

The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was on approach to Rockford when a bird hit it.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Shannon Airport

UPS flight 5X-203 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on August 4th.

The plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke on board.

The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.


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UPS Flight Returns to Springfield After Bird Strike

UPS flight 5X-671 made an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on August 1st.

The Airbus A300-600 plane took off for Louisville, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

Air Cargo Carriers Plane Crashes in West Virginia; 2 Killed

Air Cargo Carriers flight 2Q-1260 crashed into the trees left to the runway of Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia, on May 5th.

The Short SD-330 flying on behalf of UPS went down the hill after hitting the trees.

All 2 crew members aboard lost their lives in the crash.

The incident is under investigation.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Japan

UPS flight 5X-104 had to divert for an emergency landing at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, on March 8th.

The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Anchorage, Alaska, to Osaka, Japan, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.


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UPS Flight Makes Emergency Landing at O’Hare International Airport

UPS flight 5X-605 had to return and make an emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport, Illinois, on January 18th.

The plane took off for Louisville, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards due to issues with landing gear.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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UPS Plane Rejects Takeoff in South Korea

UPSUnited Parcel Service flight 5X-61 had to reject takeoff at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea, on June 6th.

The McDonnell Douglas-11 was accelerating to takeoff for Anchorage, Alaska, when the crew had to abort taking-off at a high speed.

The plane received substantial damage after it overran the runway and had its nose gear collapsed.


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UPS Plane makes Emergency landing in Alaska after Oil Leakage

UPSUPS flight 5X-63 made a safe emergency landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, on May 16th.

The Boeing 747-400, flying from Hong Kong, China, was flying above the Pacific Ocean when the crew notice a slow oil leakage from one of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down before landing.

The plane landed safely.

No one was injured.


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UPS Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Halifax

UPSUPS flight 5X-213 made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 25th.

The plane, heading from Louisville, Kentucky, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted due to a suspected fuel leak.

The plane landed safely. All four crew members remained unharmed.


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UPS Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Cologne

UPSUPS flight 5X-2 had to return and make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on April 10th.

The Boeing 747-400 cargo plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported that they had to shut down one of the engines.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 3 crew members aboard remained safe.


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UPS Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Shannon Airport

UPSUnited Parcel Service flight 213 had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on September 25.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane, heading from Louisville, Kentucky to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the pilots noticed issues with one of its three engines and had to shut it down.

The plane landed safely. There were 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them was hurt.

The plane was taken for inspection.


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UPS Cargo Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Little Rock

UPSA United Parcel Service (UPS) plane had to make an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, at around 4:40 a.m. on February 3.

Emergency was declared aboard the UPS MD80 cargo plane after the pilot reported strong fumes in the cockpit.

The plane landed uneventfully. None of the 2 people aboard was harmed.

The flight’s departure or destination is not clear at the moment.

Cargo Plane in Emergency Landing at Chicago Rockford International Airport

UPSA UPS cargo plane, en-route from Ontario, California to Louisville, Kentucky, had to make an emergency landing at the Chicago Rockford International Airport, Illinois, at about 11 p.m. on September 10.

The pilot decided to land in emergency after a hydraulic fault was discovered in the aircraft.

The plane landed uneventfully and all 4 people aboard remained unhurt. The cargo packages were transferred to another plane for timely delivery.

The plane was taken for inspection.

The FAA is investigating.

Cargo Plane Made Emergency Landing at Spokane Airport

UPS airlinesA UPS Airlines Airbus 300, heading from Portland to Spokane, made an emergency landing at the Spokane Airport in Washington on the morning of July 30.

According to Todd Woodard with Spokane International, the pilots thought some tires of the plane had blown during takeoff. They declared an in-flight emergency as a precautionary step.

The plane landed safely and it was discovered that no tires were actually blown.

Automation at Fault?


Here’s the question: do pilots rely too much on automation? This question has been on my mind since hearing the parallels between the UPS Cargo jet crash and the Asiana passenger jet crash. This is on my mind not only as one who works toward aviation safety but also as a very frequent flyer. You can only imagine how my work carries me into international situations. I don’t fly as frequently as a pilot, but sometimes I fly internationally several times a month. I am on these planes frequently. I rely on them.

So I find it disturbing that the NTSB’s hearing Thursday revealed parallels between the crash of UPS Flight 1354 and Asiana Filght 214. While I don’t know the answers, I can only hope the investigation shines light on ways to deal with this problem. What is the solution? Less reliance on Automation? Better training for pilots?

On the other side of the coin, some parties will want even more automation, but I am reluctant to go in that direction. The idea of even more reliance on automation is anathema to me because the engineers and advocates of reliance on even more automation will not be on those even-more automated planes. While the technology and/or training will be on the chopping block, their actual necks won’t be.

What I don’t find disturbing is the professionalism of the hearings. The webcast is well worth watching.

The hearing webcast is recorded here: http://ntsb.capitolconnection.org/022014/ntsb_archive_flv.htm

Note the NTSB cautions participants in the hearing not to engage the media and to stick to the facts.

Or the recorded captions (unformatted) are here.
https://airflightdisaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ntsb022014.htm.pdf

bio docket: https://airflightdisaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/biodocket.pdf

UPS Crash in Birmingham Alabama


A UPS Airbus A300F4-622R cargo jet en route from Louisville to Birmingham International Airport was on final approach to runway 1-8 when it crashed in Birmingham. The two pilots aboard sent no warning message, and died on impact.

There is no indication yet if something in the cargo contributed to the crash, or if there was mechanical failure or some other factor involved.

Visibility was 10 miles and there was a 700 ft cloud ceiling.

KBHM 140953Z 34004KT 10SM FEW011 BKN035 OVC075 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02330222

METAR KBHM 14th @ 0953Z, wind from 340 at 4 KT, visibility 10 statute miles, Sky: few clouds at 1100, broken at 3500, overcast at 7500, temperature 23, dewpoint 22, altimeter 29.97 inches, remarks: automated report w/precipitation discriminator, sea level pressure 1014.1 Mb, temp 23.3 dewpoint 22.2

An NTSB team is flying in to begin the investigation.

The UPS burst into flames on impact in a low population density area. There were numerous explosions after the plane was burning.

Videos Below

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 video of Airbus landing.


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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 the pilot made a safe landing. No fire was found.

(Details unconfirmed)

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