A UPS 747 cargo plane has been reported to have crashed shortly after takeoff in Dubai. Witnesses reported that a large portion of the plane was on fire before the crash.
The United Arab Emirates civil aviation authority now reports that the bodies of the 2 crew involved have been recovered, but UPS isn’t confirming that.
Kristen Petrella, a UPS spokeswoman said that the plane came down around 8:00 pm local time. The Flight 6 Boeing 747-400 was headed to Cologne in Germany, but crashed only 10 miles southeast of Dubai’s international airport in an Emirati air base close to a highway intersection.
There was an account from an Associated Press photographer that walls separating the site prevented anyone from seeing the crash from the highway, but smoke was observed at the crash location.
