photo from gulf newspaper

A UPS 747-400 crashed not far from where we live in Dubai on Friday evening. First reports said it had crashed onto Emirates road and that cars were on fire. Thankfully those reports were incorrect and the pilots had steered it away from housing and crashed into the desert on a military base. The consequenses of a 747 crashing onto houses in a city are too horrific to think about.

Those of us from Melbourne can probably remember the light plane crashing into a suburban home in Essendon and killing a woman and six children. A 747 is a whole lot bigger

Sadly two men lost their lives but almost certainly saved the lives of many others by their actions

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/emergencies/ups-identifies-american-crew-killed-in-dubai-crash-1.677784