DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Investigators in the United Arab Emirates say there is no evidence a UPS jetliner that crashed in Dubai in September was brought down by an explosion.
The discovery of two parcel bombs sent from Yemen at airports in Dubai and in England on Friday led to speculation the UPS crash might have had a bomb on board.
The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement sent to state news agency WAM on Sunday that the wreckage and flight recorders showed no indication of an onboard blast.
It says investigators found no “acoustic evidence or any forensic signature supporting the detonation of an explosive device.”
The cause of an onboard fire that preceded the Sept. 1 crash is unknown. Both pilots died.
