14 August 2013 Last updated at 11:01 ET 
The aeroplane went down in a grassy field near the airport it was due to land at
Two people died when a UPS cargo plane crashed as it approached an airport in Birmingham, Alabama, turning into a fireball, say officials.
The pilot and co-pilot, who were the only crew aboard, were killed in the incident. No-one else was hurt.
The A300 plane crashed on approach to the airport before dawn Wednesday, said the Federal Aviation Administration.
Officials say the aircraft went down in a grassy field near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
The Airbus, which was arriving from Louisville, Kentucky, was in several sections, Birmingham Mayor William Bell said.
"There were two to three small explosions, but we think that was related to the aviation fuel," he added.
A spokeswoman from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport said there were no homes in the area where the plane went down, and the crash had not affected operations at the airport.
In 2010 a UPS plane crashed in the United Arab Emirates, killing both pilots.
That incident was blamed on a cargo load of lithium batteries, which are sensitive to temperature. They caught fire, an investigation concluded.
