5X006/03SEP2010 DXB-CGN

I have to post very sad news. This is my first experience in my life with company.
Hope our friends have a peaceful place and taking good sleep.


Below are quote from The Aviation Herald.

Crash: UPS B744 at Dubai on Sep 3rd 2010, fire in cockpit

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Sep 3rd 2010 16:56Z, last updated Friday, Sep 3rd 2010 21:05Z




A UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N571UP performing flight 5X-6 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Cologne (Germany) with 2 crew, was returning to Dubai after declaring emergency, when the airplane crashed onto a free space west of Dubai Silicon Oasis and Al-Ain Highway (E66) about half way between Emirates Road (E311) and Outer Bypass Road (E611) at about 19:45L (15:45Z). Both crew perished in the crash.

UPS confirmed their Boeing 747-400 performing flight 5X-6 from Dubai to Cologne with 2 crew crashed on takeoff. They have no word on the fate of their crew.

An airport official said, the crew reported technical problems while on approach to Dubai.

An United Arab Emirates official said, the crew reported fire on board while on approach to Dubai. The airplane, that had taken off at 18:40L (14:40Z) was being vectored towards a military compound.

United Arab Emirates General Aviation Civil Authority said, that the crew had reported smoke and fire in the cockpit and was returning to Dubai International Airport. The airplane failed to land however and disappeared from radar screens shortly thereafter. The bodies of both pilots have been recovered.

The NTSB reported on Sep 4th, that UPS Flight 6, a Boeing 747-400 freighter registration N571UP, crashed while attempting to land at Dubai International Airport, from where the airplane had departed about 45 minutes earlier. The crew had declared an emergency and requested an immediate return to Dubai. The two crew were fatally injured, the NTSB does not know whether there have been fatalities on the ground. The NTSB have assigned an Accredited Representative as state of operator, state of aircraft design and manufacture and state of engine design and manufacture. The investigation is led by the United Arab Emirates Civil Aviation Authority.

Residents of Dubai Silicon Oasis said, the airplane crashed right in front of their apartment blocks.

Aviation sources in Dubai report, that the crew declared emergency reporting a fire in the cockpit shortly after takeoff and attempted to return to the airport's runway 30L dumping fuel. The airplane was seen flying very low at a shallow descent until impact, where the airplane erupted in a large fire ball. Several buildings, apparently all of them under construction, have been set on fire by the crash.

Pilots on frequency of Bahrain Center reported, that the airplane had been enroute overhead the Arabian Gulf about 120nm westnorthwest of Dubai when the crew performed an emergency descent and reported a fire in the cockpit. Later they reported they were unable to read their instruments and were unable to change frequency asking for frequent updates on their altitude and speed from ATC. They were vectored for a straight in approach to Dubai's runway 12L. Being too high and too fast for landing they were offered to divert to Sharjah or join a right hand downwind for another visual approach to runway 12L. The airplane impacted ground about 20 minutes after declaring emergency.

Metars:
OMDB 031700Z 22004KT 8000 NSC 35/29 Q1000 NOSIG
OMDB 031600Z 24004KT 8000 NSC 36/27 Q1000 NOSIG
OMDB 031500Z 32006KT 290V030 8000 NSC 35/28 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031400Z 30010KT 8080 NSC 36/26 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031300Z 31011KT 290V350 8000 NSC 37/27 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031200Z 30012KT 8000 NSC 37/27 Q1000 NOSIG 

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I also copied some of posts from readers. The one was in the same airspace at that time.

Heard them
By Martin on Friday, Sep 3rd 2010 18:36Z

I was in Bahrain Airspace and heard the UPS flight asking for a heading to the closest airport. They were told heading 120 or 125, 78nm to Dubai and given a frequency for Dubai ATC. They said that they could not change frequency, were flying heading 105 and ask ATC to confirm that their altitude was 10,000ft, to which ATC replied that they were at 9000ft. ATC said heading 105 was ok. Unfortunately, I had to change my frequency and heard no more.
Talking to a friend who was also flying, he said that they told ATC that they could not see their radio to insert DXB ILS frequency.
RIP Guys 

Very Sad!!
By (anonymous) on Friday, Sep 3rd 2010 20:51Z

I heard it myself... the Pilot said he was "flying blind!" He was constantly asking for his altitude and heading. His radio was for "some reason" stuck on Bahrain's frequency 132.125 and he was being radar vectored with a relay from an airplane who was in contact with Bahrain. ATC reported he was at 9000ft then he wanted the heading to the nearest airport. They first tried DXB 12L but he was wayyyyyyy above profile. He then reported or said his gear was not down...they offered him Sharjah which would have been a left turn...they offered him any runway into SHJ...next i heard them tell him he was 1500ft then 500 feet the 400 feet the 460...then radar contact lost!....I then find out when I land that the bird went down just by where I live...too freaky...I am so sorry for these guys...RIP!!