NTSB Points To Unstable Approach in UPS Crash
UPS crew made multiple errors during non-precision approach to Birmingham, Ala.

The probable cause of the August 2013 crash of a UPS Airlines Airbus A300 freighter was the flight crew’s continuation of an unstabilized approach, as well as their failure to monitor the aircraft’s altitude when they descended below the minimum descent altitude without having the runway in sight. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced these details at its September 9 hearing into the fatal accident at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama. Both pilots aboard died in the crash, and a post-impact fire destroyed the aircraft.

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