Dubai Plane Crash: Plane Down on Emirates Highway

A Plane Has Crashed On the Emirates Highway in Dubai on September 3

Al Arabiya TV is reporting that a plane, believed to be a Boeing 747, has crashed in the United Arab Emirates city.

The plane was on fire along with several cars on the highway. It has now been confirmed that the plane belonged to the company UPS. They have confirmed that one of their planes was involved in an accident.

It crashed about 20 kilometres away from Dubai's International Airport, near to a UAE army camp.

Witnesses said the UPS plane went down near Academic City & Global Village, on the intersection of the Al-Ain Dubai Highway.

Reports state everyone on board may have been killed, but that has not been confirmed. It is believed that between 3 to 6 crew members were on the plane at the time.

According to an offical that spoke to Al Arabiya, the plane was attempting to land at Dubai's Airport, when a technical problem on board caused the crash. A fire broke out on the plane as it was attempting to land.

The Khaleej Times is reporting however that the plane crashed two minutes after taking off from the Airport.

The official United Arab Emirates WAM news agency is reporting that the aircraft came down in an unpopulated area, although it was near a residential district.

It is not known how many passengers were on board.

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by Rekha Behra 1 year ago

It was UPS flight 6 from OMDB/DXB Dubai to EDDN/CGN. The registration number is N571UP, a Boeing 747-44AF/SCD variant. It was delivered in 2007 to UPS.Its a UPS cargo plane owned by Azzo Transport, Sudan. It crashed after 2 mins of take off some 32Kms on southeast of Dubai. All the six crew members died and emirati authorities have banned the sudainee agency to operate in the country.

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