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On This Day In 2010, 81,000+ Lithium Batteries Sparked A Fire That Blinded The Cockpit And Brought Down UPS Flight 6, Killing Both Pilots
On September 3, 2010, UPS Airlines Flight 6 departed Dubai International Airport at 6:53 p.m. local time, bound for Cologne, Germany. The aircraft was a Boeing 747-44AF/SCD freighter registered N571UP, carrying only two people: Captain Douglas Lampe and First Officer Matthew Bell. About 22 minutes after takeoff, while cruising at approximately 32,000 feet and roughly…
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