2013 Airport Highlands plane crash

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The 2013 Airport Highlands plane crash was a fatal aviation accident that occurred in a cleared area of the Airport Highlands neighborhood north of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on August 14, 2013.

The Airbus A300 aircraft was being operated by United Parcel Service as UPS Flight 1354. The cargo flight was en route from Louisville, Kentucky to Birmingham. Pilot Shanda Fanning and her co-pilot died in the crash.

Several blocks around the crash site were barricaded by the Birmingham Police Department prior to the arrival of National Transportation Safety Board investigators.

References

  • Smith, Mike D. (August 14, 2013) "UPS cargo plane crashes near Birmingham airport; mayor says 2 pilots dead." The Birmingham News
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