A jumbo jet belonging to US courier United Parcel Services crashed on Friday evening near Dubai airport, killing both crew members, civil aviation officials said. "The bodies of two of the pilots of the plane," a Boeing 747-400, were found at the scene at the crash, the official UAE news agency WAM quoted a brief civil aviation statement as saying. It did not elaborate on the cause of the crash, but said "measures were taken to contain the fire which broke out on board." Earlier reports had indicated the plane had crashed in an unpopulated area, but an AFP journalist said it had come down inside a military base near Dubai's Emirates Road. Smoke could be seen rising from inside the base, which only ambulances were allowed to enter, he said.
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