UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by UPS. On September 3, 2010, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Cologne, Germany, developed an in-flight fire, which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members, the only people on board. [1][2][3] It was the first ...

On September 3, 2010, UPS Flight 6, a Boeing 747-44AF, departed Dubai International Airport (DXB) bound for Cologne, Germany (CGN), with a captain and first officer on board. Twenty-one minutes into the flight the crew received an indication of fire on the forward main cargo deck.

Twenty two minutes into the flight, at approximately 32,000 feet, the crew advised Bahrain Area East Air Traffic Control [BAE-C ] that there was an indication of an on-board fire on the Forward Main Deck and declared an emergency.

Jan 14, 2024 · The crew of UPS flight 6 were thus faced with a nightmare scenario in which their own cargo relentlessly hunted them down, throwing one curveball after another, until it eventually overcame...

Jul 29, 2013 · UPS Flight 6 crashed in Dubai on September 3, 2010 less than an hour after taking off, killing two American crew members: Captain Doug Lampe, 48, and First Officer Matthew Bell, 38. The Boeing 747-400 cargo plane had left Dubai International Airport en route to Cologne, Germany. But the pilots reported smoke in the cockpit soon after takeoff.

On September 3rd 2010, Flight UPS6 arrived from Hong Kong on a scheduled cargo service flight into Dubai (DXB) carrying among other items consignments of cargo that included lithium batteries. There were no declared shipments of hazardous materials onboard the airplane.

Jul 26, 2013 · The flight crew attempted to input the Dubai Runway 12 left data into the flight management computer, so that they could configure the aircraft for an auto-flight/auto-land approach, but they couldn’t see the FMC display for all the smoke.

Jul 19, 2020 · Flight 6 departed from Dubai International Airport at 14:53 UTC on September 3, 2010, bound for Cologne Bonn Airport. At the controls were Captain Douglas Lampe, 48, of Louisville, Kentucky, and First Officer Matthew Bell, 38, from Sanford, Florida.

Crew Response: The flight was piloted by Captain Doug Lampe and First Officer Matthew Bell. Upon receiving fire warnings, the crew declared an emergency and attempted to return to Dubai for an...

At about 8:00 pm local time (1600 UTC), United Parcel Service (UPS) Flight 6, a Boeing 747-400F (N571UP), crashed on approach to Dubai International Airport (DXB), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).