Minutes after takeoff from Dubai, the pilots of a UPS Boeing 747 are face to face with their worst nightmare. Behind them, a cargo pallet containing over 81,000 lithium batteries has caught fire.

So far, there seems to be no real clue as to why the aircraft, one of 12 in the 216 strong UPS fleet ... should have crashed in such a catastrophic fashion. Meanwhile, the Dubai Police located ...

The dramatic turn of events on September 3, 2010, marked a rare incident in UAE’s aviation history as the loaded UPS cargo crashed near a military complex near Dubai Silicon Oasis. Emergency ...