BBC News, 3 September 2010 Last updated at 18:46 GMT
The Boeing 747-400 crashed inside a military air base
A cargoplane has crashed after take-off near a motorway in Dubai, killing two crewmembers aboard, officials say.
The plane was operated by the delivery service UPS |
Theplane, operated by the delivery company United Parcel Service (UPS), crashednear the Emirates Road.
Somereports said a fire had broken out in the plane just after it took off fromDubai airport.
Theofficial news agency WAM said the plane had come down in an unpopulated area onFriday evening.
TheBoeing 747-400 crashed into the ground inside the fence of a military air base,reports say.
Fireball
Theplane flew near a residential area popular with expats where residents saw itslast desperate moments.
"Isaw the explosion from my balcony and felt the blast," said Tony Meechan,a British expat living in Silicon Oasis, a technology park on the EmiratesRoad.
"Therewas a big fireball that lit up the full sky in orange. After that there wassmoke and the smell of burning plastic.
"I'mstill feeling a bit shaken up."
Theplane was on its way to the company's European hub in Cologne, a spokeswomanfor UPS said.
In 2009a Sudanese cargo plane crashed in the Dubai desert, killing six crew.
Thecompany was subsequently barred from operating in the Emirates.
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