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. It was approaching Runway 18 from the north, but hit clipped power lines and crash landed about a half mile short of the end of the runway just before 5:00 AM. The craft was engulfed by fire as neighbors reported several loud explosions. The forward crew cabin broke away from the main fuselage and came to rest about 50 yards away. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service extinguished the fire before 7:00 AM. 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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