UPS Airlines Flight 1354

UPS Airlines Flight 1354
Wreckage of the aircraft's cockpit section
Accident
DateAugust 14, 2013 (2013-08-14)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and pilot fatigue
Site
Aircraft

N155UP, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2009
Aircraft typeAirbus A300F4-622R
OperatorUPS Airlines
IATA flight No.5X1354
ICAO flight No.UPS1354
Call signUPS 1354
RegistrationN155UP
Flight originLouisville International Airport, Kentucky, United States
DestinationBirmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, Alabama, United States
Occupants2
Crew2
Fatalities2
Survivors0

UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama. On August 14, 2013, the Airbus A300 flying the route crashed and burst into flames short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport. Both pilots were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. They were the only people aboard the aircraft. It was the second fatal air crash for UPS Airlines.