Two dead in Dubai plane crash

 September 04, 2010
Two dead in Dubai plane crash DUBAI: A cargo plane has crashed near a busy highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire and sending a column of smoke into the sky.

The aircraft belongs to the US courier United Parcel Services (UPS). It came down near the busy Emirates Road on Friday while trying to land at Dubai International Airport, media reported a civil aviation official as saying.

Both crewmembers on board the plane have died. Some media reports quoted witnesses as saying the plane was ablaze before crashing.

The official United Arab Emirates news agency WAM said the plane crashed in an unpopulated area.

It was not immediately known how many people were aboard the cargo plane.

HM/SARA cargo plane has crashed near a busy highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire and sending a column of smoke into the sky.

The aircraft belongs to the US courier United Parcel Services (UPS). It came down near the busy Emirates Road on Friday while trying to land at Dubai International Airport, media quoted a civil aviation official as saying.

Both the crewmembers on board the plane died in the accident, but officials in the United Arab Emirates have not confirmed this. Some media reports quoted witnesses as saying the plane was ablaze before it crashed.

The official UAE news agency WAM said the plane crashed in an unpopulated area.

There have been no reports yet on how many people were on board the cargo plane.