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February 22, 2012

Accident at Dubai Airport Terminal 3 injures five


Investigations on to determine how a routine equipment test went wrong

Dubai Airports, the company that owns and manages both of the emirate's airports, is investigating an accident which took place on Monday at Terminal 3.
The mishap occured during a routine test of electric equipment that  resulted in minor injuries to five workers.
The injured workers are receiving treatment at the Rashid Hospital, according to the company which stressed that all measures will be taken to make sure no similar accidents will take place in the future.
More than 13.9 million work hours have been completed without any accident, the company said, adding that safety is its top priority.
In the last major aviation incident in the UAE in the recent past, a UPS cargo plane crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff in 2010.
At the time, the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority said in a preliminary report that the Boeing 747-400’s crew was trying to return to Dubai;s main airport when the accident occurred.
It says the plane was too high on the approach and passed over the airfield before making a right turn. It rapidly lost altitude before crashing in an unpopulated area about 50 minutes after takeoff.
The two American pilots who died in the crash were identified as Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Kentucky, and First Officer Matthew Bell of Sanford, Florida.
The two deceased pilots were flying a 747-400 en route to Cologne, Germany, when it crashed.

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