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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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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Emergency services were on standby as the pilot made a safe landing. No fire was found.

(Details unconfirmed)

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