UPS Plane Crash Photo credit: Reuters Video Capture

The trending yet tragic UPS plane crash happened on a Wednesday morning and took the lives of its pilot and co-pilot at Birmingham, Alabama.

According to authorities, the plane crash transpired around six in the morning as the UPS Flight 1354 was on its way to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport from Louisville, Ky.

Details Of The UPS Plane Crash

The aircraft used by the United Parcel Service was an Airbus A300 which is what is commonly used for air cargo service companies. It has twin engines and comes ideal for medium range flights. Details of the crash start with the plane going down in a field, half a mile away from the airport's northern part of the runway.

With the intense impact, the entire plane was split into two as fire swallowed its tail end. The firefighters who attended to the accident stayed there to put out the fire for an hour and a half according to battalion chief of the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, C.W. Mardis.

Mr Mardis added that there were two explosions that happened right after the plane crash which caused parts of the plane and other packages spreading over the vast space nearby. Luckily, no individual on the ground was injured by this.

UPS President Mitch Nichols extended the sentiments and message of the company in a statement which said:

"this incident is very unfortunate, and our thoughts and prayers are with those involved."

The unlucky UPS plane was filled with Pratt & Whitney engines and had taken up about 11,000 flight hours and has made a total of 6,800 flights since the time it was handed over to UPS way back in 2003.

Officers from the National Transportation Safety Board along with the team of specialists from Airbus France will work together to unravel the main cause of the UPS plane crash in the coming days.

On the other hand, UPS, known to be the biggest package delivery service company in the world has refused to make any comment with the controversies of the A300 plane model being involved in previous incidents. As per the FAA database, it has encountered service difficulty problems in the past, dating back to 2006, including the malfunction of its flap system.

Condolences to the families and friends of the two victims of this tragic UPS plane crash.