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.

Recent UPS expansion includes acquiring Boeing 747 freighters and strengthening its fleet. UPS has won a major government contract and is set to replace FedEx in transporting mail for the United ...

So far, there seems to be no real clue as to why the aircraft, one of 12 in the 216 strong UPS fleet which prides ... Two earlier 747 crashes that occurred in such a dramatic post-take off manner ...