Picture of a UPS cargo plane which crashed near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
A large UPS cargo plane has crashed near an airport in Birmingham, Alabama today, said a federal aviation official.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen told The Associated Press the A300 plane crashed on approach to the airport before dawn today.
Bergen says the plane was en route from Louisville to Birmingham as UPS Flight 1354.
Toni Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham's airport authority, says the plane crashed on the outskirts of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
Bast says the area is outside the perimeter fence of the airport. She says the crash hasn't affected airport operations.
Neither Bergen nor Bast had any information on injuries.