Early in the morning, on August 14, 2013, some residents of Birmingham were jolted out of bed by the impact. Others saw the fiery flash. Still more smelled the fumes of jet fuel. A United Parcel Service Airbus A300 cargo jet had crashed just short of the runway at Birmingham/Shuttlesworth International Airport. Alabama Public Radio's Pat Duggins covered the story from the initial reports, the perspective of witnesses at the scene, worried homeowners who were left coughing from the fuel spill, to investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI Evidence Recovery Team
Best Hard News Feature Story "UPS Plane Crash" Alabama Public Radio
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FBI Evidence Response Team arrives in Birmingham following the crash of a UPS cargo jet
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NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt takes questions following the crash of a UPS cargo jet in Birmingham
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APR news director Pat Duggins
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