UPS Flight 1354 accidented in Alabama

Actualizado 15 agosto, 2013

Airbus regrets to confirm that an A300-600F operated by UPS was involved in an accident shortly after 09.50hrs (UTC), at Birmingham, Alabama today. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight 1354, from Louisville, KY to Birmingham AL.

The aircraft involved in the accident, registered under the number N155UP (and with ‘manufacturer serial number’ MSN841), was delivered to UPS from the production line in 2003. The aircraft had accumulated approximately 11,000 flight hours in some 6,800flights. It was powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. At this time no further factual information is available.

In line with the ICAO Annex 13 international convention, Airbus will provide full technical assistance to the French BEA as well as to the authorities who will be responsible for the accident investigation. A team of specialists from Airbus is being dispatched to Alabama.

The A300-600F is a twin-engined widebody freighter aircraft. The first A300-600F entered service in 1983. At the end of June 2013, 104 A300-600Fs were in service.

Airbus will make further factual information available as soon as the details have been confirmed. However, the investigation remains the entire responsibility of the relevant authorities and it would be inappropriate to speculate into the cause of the accident.

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R.I.P.

10 años

Especular no es bueno y menos cuando los posibles responsables no se pueden defender, pero en este mundo en el que directivos tóxicos, políticos, etc. apoyados por periodistas con poco soporte, tratan de sacar beneficio propio con noticias intoxicadas; no queda mas remedio que aprovechar el impacto del momento.

Bueno, pues ese aeropuerto solo tiene una aproximación de no precisión para esa pista y los pilotos de nuevas hornadas no suelen estar acostumbrados a ellas si es que alguna vez alguien les ha contado que existen. Y las escuelas llevan cerradas varios años para los que quieran invertir 200,000€ en una licencia.

Además, ese era un avión relativamente nuevo pero de tecnología anticuada. Vamos lo mismo que los nuevos aviones que traen para los españoles pero no ingleses.