UPS cargo plane crashes near Birmingham, Ala.


August 14, 2013 at 9:36a.m.

UPS cargo plane crashes near Birmingham, Ala.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A UPS cargo plane crashed this morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala.

There were no homes in the immediate area of the crash, said Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham’s airport authority.

The Airbus A300 plane crashed around 5 a.m. CDT on approach to the airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. The plane was en route from Louisville, Ky., Bergen said.

There was no information on injuries, but UPS spokesman Jeff Wafford said there were two crew members aboard the plane.