Two people have reportedly died as a UPS cargo plane crashed near an airport in Birmingham, Alabama.
The pilot and co-pilot were killed in the incident, Birmingham Mayor William Bell told US media. UPS said they were the only crew aboard.
The A300 plane crashed on approach to the airport before dawn Wednesday, said the Federal Aviation Administration.
Officials say the aircraft went down in a grassy field near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
No-one else was hurt in the incident, said officials.
The Airbus, which was arriving from Louisville, Kentucky, was in several sections, the mayor said.
"There were two to three small explosions, but we think that was related to the aviation fuel," Mr Bell added.
A spokeswoman from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport said there were no homes in the area where the plane went down, and the crash had not affected operations at the airport.
In 2010 a UPS plane crashed in the United Arab Emirates, killing both pilots.
That incident was blamed on a cargo load of lithium batteries, which are sensitive to temperature. They caught fire, an investigation concluded. source : http://www.bbc.co.uk
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