UPS Accident - BHM
08-14-2013, 10:50 AM
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BIRMINGHAM, AL (CBS ATLANTA) -
The pilot of a United Parcel Service of America, Inc. cargo plane that crashed in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday morning, killing two, has been identified.
The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo plane were killed in a crash near the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport on Wednesday morning, officials with the city of Birmingham confirmed.
Airport spokesperson Toni Herrera-Bast says a large cargo plane crashed around 5 a.m. in an open area near North Eastlake Boulevard. The crash scene is not within the airport fence.
UPS Flight 1354, an A300 en route from Louisville, KY to Birmingham, AL, crashed on approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport around 6 a.m. EST.
One of the pilots has been identified by family members as Shanda Fanning from Lynchburg, TN, according to our sister station in Nashville, WSMV.
Fanning was part of the family that runs the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, according to a report from Kentucky TV station WAVE. The WAVE story said Jack Daniels employees were notified of the tragedy in a meeting on Wednesday.
The other pilot's name has not been released.
The pilot of a United Parcel Service of America, Inc. cargo plane that crashed in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday morning, killing two, has been identified.
The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo plane were killed in a crash near the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport on Wednesday morning, officials with the city of Birmingham confirmed.
Airport spokesperson Toni Herrera-Bast says a large cargo plane crashed around 5 a.m. in an open area near North Eastlake Boulevard. The crash scene is not within the airport fence.
UPS Flight 1354, an A300 en route from Louisville, KY to Birmingham, AL, crashed on approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport around 6 a.m. EST.
One of the pilots has been identified by family members as Shanda Fanning from Lynchburg, TN, according to our sister station in Nashville, WSMV.
Fanning was part of the family that runs the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, according to a report from Kentucky TV station WAVE. The WAVE story said Jack Daniels employees were notified of the tragedy in a meeting on Wednesday.
The other pilot's name has not been released.
08-14-2013, 11:32 AM
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I know this is not related and hate to rant but since this current leadership came to power in Atlanta this airline has had nothing but bad lucks from furloughs and downsizing and s..ty scheduales and poor treatments of the crew and multiple plane crashes. We never had these problems and i wish for these rats to pack up and go so we can get our airline back. SHAME ON THEM AND THIER DIVIDENS.
Rip my brother and sister.
Rip my brother and sister.
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