So far, there seems to be no real clue as to why the aircraft, one of 12 in the 216 strong UPS fleet ... should have crashed in such a catastrophic fashion. Meanwhile, the Dubai Police located ...

Minutes after takeoff from Dubai, the pilots of a UPS Boeing 747 are face to face with their worst nightmare. Behind them, a cargo pallet containing over 81,000 lithium batteries has caught fire.

The dramatic turn of events on September 3, 2010, marked a rare incident in UAE’s aviation history as the loaded UPS cargo crashed near a military complex near Dubai Silicon Oasis. Emergency ...