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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAV performing flight FR-1958 from Dublin (Ireland) to Nice (France), blew a nose gear tyre on takeoff from Dublin's runway 10. The crew of an airliner departing next reported debris on the runway, a runway inspection revealed tyre debris. The Ryanair crew was informed of the tyre debris and decided to divert to Ryanair's base at Stansted,EN (UK) where the airplane landed safely.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-EGB reached Nice with a delay of 3:35 hours.

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A UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N571UP performing flight 5X-6 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Cologne (Germany) with 2 crew, was returning to Dubai after declaring emergency, when the airplane crashed onto a free space west of Dubai Silicon Oasis and Al-Ain Highway (E66) about half way between Emirates Road (E311) and Outer Bypass Road (E611) at 19:42L (15:42Z). Both crew perished in the crash.

UPS confirmed their Boeing 747-400 performing flight 5X-6 from Dubai to Cologne with 2 crew crashed on takeoff. In an update of Sep 4th UPS confirmed both crew perished.

An airport official said, the crew reported technical problems while on approach to Dubai.

An United Arab Emirates official said, the crew reported fire on board while on approach to Dubai. The airplane, that had taken off at 18:40L (14:40Z) was being vectored towards a military compound.

United Arab Emirates General Aviation Civil Authority said, that the crew had reported smoke and fire in the cockpit and was returning to Dubai International Airport. The airplane failed to land however and disappeared from radar screens shortly thereafter. The bodies of both pilots have been recovered.

On Sep 5th the United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) released a brief preliminary report stating, that the airplane had departed Dubai International Airport at 18:53L (14:53Z). UAE ATC Center received information from Bahrain Center at 19:15L (15:15Z), that the airplane was returning to Dubai with smoke in the cockpit unable to maintain altitude. UAE ATC issued a clearance when the airplane was about 40km (21.6nm) from touchdown, the airplane however was too high (8500 feet at 24km/13nm from touchdown). The airplane passed very high overhead the airfield and entered a right hand turn, the crew was advised all runways were available for landing. The airplane tracked southwest when it rapidly lost altitude, radar contact was lost at 15:42Z, the airplane crashed into an unpopulated area between Emirates Road and Al Ain Highway. The cockpit voice recorder was recovered 6 hours after impact, the flight data recorder is still being searched for. The NTSB team is expected to arrive at the crash site today (Sep 5th), too.

The NTSB reported on Sep 4th, that UPS Flight 6, a Boeing 747-400 freighter registration N571UP, crashed while attempting to land at Dubai International Airport, from where the airplane had departed about 45 minutes earlier. The crew had declared an emergency and requested an immediate return to Dubai. The two crew were fatally injured, the NTSB does not know whether there have been fatalities on the ground. The NTSB have assigned an Accredited Representative as state of operator, state of aircraft design and manufacture and state of engine design and manufacture. The investigation is led by the United Arab Emirates Civil Aviation Authority.

Residents of Dubai Silicon Oasis said, the airplane crashed right in front of their apartment blocks moving in an westsouthwesterly direction. After verifying the wreckage location in daylight the following day (Sep 4th) a resident put the wreckage position at N25.098 E55.360. From point of first impact the airplane slid about 400 meters.

Aviation sources in Dubai report, that the crew declared emergency reporting a fire in the cockpit shortly after takeoff and attempted to return to the airport's runway 30L dumping fuel. The airplane was seen flying very low at a shallow descent until impact, where the airplane erupted in a large fire ball. Several buildings, apparently all of them under construction, have been set on fire by the crash.

Pilots on frequency of Bahrain Center reported, that the airplane had been enroute overhead the Arabian Gulf about 120nm westnorthwest of Dubai when the crew performed an emergency descent and reported a fire in the cockpit. Later they reported they were unable to read their instruments and were unable to change frequency asking for frequent updates on their altitude and speed from ATC. They were vectored for a straight in approach to Dubai's runway 12L. Being too high and too fast for landing they were offered to divert to Sharjah or join a right hand downwind for another visual approach to runway 12L. The airplane impacted ground about 20 minutes after declaring emergency.


Metars:
OMDB 031700Z 22004KT 8000 NSC 35/29 Q1000 NOSIG
OMDB 031600Z 24004KT 8000 NSC 36/27 Q1000 NOSIG
OMDB 031500Z 32006KT 290V030 8000 NSC 35/28 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031400Z 30010KT 8080 NSC 36/26 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031300Z 31011KT 290V350 8000 NSC 37/27 Q0999 NOSIG
OMDB 031200Z 30012KT 8000 NSC 37/27 Q1000 NOSIG

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