There was no explosion on board a UPS cargo plane which crashed in Dubai in September, the UAE aviation authority has said, following an investigation.
The General Civil Aviation Authority said the investigation of the aircraft’s two black boxes showed no evidence that the crash, which killed both crew members, was caused by an explosion.
The GCAA said, however, that it was taking the claim of an explosion seriously and would investigate.
The terror group’s Yemen wing, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), on Friday said it was behind the Boeing 747-400 plane crash.
The unit also claimed responsibility for explosive parcels posted from the Arab state to the United States that were intercepted in Dubai and the UK last week.
“So far we have no evidence that links the UPS plane crash with a terror attack. There is no evidence of explosives on board,” Saif al Suwaidi, director general of the GCAA, told Reuters.
A UPS spokesman in the United States told Reuters the company had no independent verification of what the plane to crash after the pilot reported fire and smoke in the cockpit.
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