If you notice a package not making it to your door this week, here's why:

[lozina]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-alabama-plane-crash-20130814,0,7674571.story

A large UPS cargo plane crashed early this morning near the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, killing the pilot and co-pilot, in the latest in a series of aviation accidents in the United States this year.

 

[purbeast0]

damn the nose of the plane is pretty far from the rest of the plane, and it's pretty intact. guess the pilots just died of impact or something?

sad though

 

[Pardus]

Check your tracking number if your waiting for that package.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/14/211911221/developing-cargo-plane-crashes-in-alabama
http://www.pressroom.ups.com/Press+Releases/Current+Press+Releases/Statement+on+UPS+Flight+1354
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/faa-ups-jet-crashes-birmingham-ala-19954797

We're monitoring the news from Birmingham, Ala., where a UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning. UPS says the incident , which was traveling from Louisville.

The flight, which would normally last about 45 minutes, had been scheduled to land before 5 a.m. local time, according to several flight-tracking websites. Louisville is in the Eastern time zone, while Birmingham is in the Central.

We'll update this post as details emerge.

Update at 1:30 p.m. ET: Residents Report Close Call

As the UPS jet headed for a nearby hillside, the last house it passed over belongs to Cornelius and Barbara Benson, who say the plane clipped the tops of two pine trees in their yard, the news site reports.

"I thought at first it was the End Time," Barbara Benson says of the loud crash and the bright red flash that followed.

"Judging from the broken treetops in the Bensons' yard, the plane had flown 20 feet or less above their home," AL.com says.

Update at 9:55 a.m. ET: Two Crew Deaths Reported; Details From NTSB

The two-person crew of the plane — a pilot and co-pilot — died in the crash, Birmingham Mayor William Bell tells and . Bell reportedly visited the scene this morning.

In a news conference held hours after the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board expressed its condolences to the pilots' families, according to Lousville reporter Gene Kang of .

"The crash occurred while on approach to Runway 18," . The agency is sending investigators to the scene.

Merged into the original thread since this has all the pics.
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[T_Yamamoto]

beat me by a minute.

And lozina beat you by 8hrs.
admin allisolm

 

[Rakehellion]

If you notice a package not making it to your door this week, here's why:

Yes, damn the pilots who died in a ball of fire, I just want my collectible iPhone case already.

 

[Pocatello]

Don't panic folks, the Chinese workers will just make more ipads and iphones.

 

[Mixolydian]

Heard about it at work this morning right when it happened, but they didn't have any details at the time.

Tragic.

 

[Anubis]

Don't panic folks, the Chinese workers will just make more ipads and iphones.

i broke 32 iphone 5's today

 

[Scotteq]

Ho Lee Fuk?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

i broke 32 iphone 5's today

...why?

 

[SKORPI0]

Ho Lee Fuk?

I don't think the names of the pilot and co-pilot were released. D:
They were flying Wi Tu Lo since it clipped two pine trees.

 

[Anubis]

...why?

part of my job

 

[RossMAN]

How do I know if my UPS package is affected?

Location Date Local Time Activity
Hodgkins, IL, United States 08/12/2013 9:55 A.M. Departure Scan
08/12/2013 2:57 A.M. Arrival Scan
Walton, KY, United States 08/10/2013 11:03 A.M. Origin Scan
United States 08/09/2013 12:20 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[LTC8K6]

How do I know if my UPS package is affected?

http://i.imgur.com/owo57si.jpg

 

[RossMAN]

http://i.imgur.com/owo57si.jpg

Thanks, my merchandise should arrive tomorrow, w00t!

 

[LTC8K6]

They just write off the whole manifest, iirc.

They don't try to see which packages are okay, which are damaged, and which are destroyed.

 

[RossMAN]

They just write off the whole manifest, iirc.

They don't try to see which packages are okay, which are damaged, and which are destroyed.

What if they have in tact Dell/Lenovo boxes with undamaged laptops inside, they just toss 'em?

 

[lozina]

What if they have in tact Dell/Lenovo boxes with undamaged laptops inside, they just toss 'em?

employee benefits

 

[natto fire]

It's times like this I hope karma is real, and that all the people bitching about packages are staring down the cancer they are upon the world. Already worked in this industry, and if ATOT logic had any way to stun me, it would be done when you assholes talk about shipping.

 

[SparkyJJO]

What if they have in tact Dell/Lenovo boxes with undamaged laptops inside, they just toss 'em?

After that fire I don't think there is much left worth salvaging.

 

[LTC8K6]

What if they have in tact Dell/Lenovo boxes with undamaged laptops inside, they just toss 'em?

Some salvage or recovery company will end up with them I suppose.

Right now they would be evidence in the investigation.

There could be a huge number of packages on the plane.

If a large portion of the cargo is undamaged and still in it's containers, they would probably recover that and get it back to the shipper. They would know what it is each container, so if a container survived, it's considerably easier to get those packages back to the shipper.

If the cargo is scattered all over the place, it's probably too much work to try and sort through individual recovered boxes and classify each one as either intact/damaged/missing/toast.

 

[thedarkwolf]

It's just a little dirty. It's still good, it's still good!

 

[Puppies04]

Are they sure both people are dead or are they going to find one of them on a desert island talking to a football in a couple of years?

 

[Rakehellion]

Are they sure both people are dead or are they going to find one of them on a desert island talking to a football in a couple of years?

Kind of hard to make it to an island with your plane in that condition.

 

[mizzou]

airline crashes are tragic because they are often preventable