Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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A UPS Airbus A300-600F en route from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama, crashed early Wednesday as it approached Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The National Transportation Board said that it has launched a so-called go team to the crash site. Approaching Birmingham International's Runway 18 shortly after 4:50 a.m. local time, UPS Flight 1354 first hit the ground roughly a mile from the airport, leaving a half-mile trail of debris before coming to rest. According to local press reports, both pilots died in the crash.


A statement issued by Airbus confirmed that it delivered the airplane involved, MSN841, to UPS in 2003. The Pratt &amp; Whitney-powered jet had accumulated approximately 11,000 hours during some 6,800 flights.


UPS has issued a statement indicating it has yet to determine details of the incident and that it would release more information as it becomes available.

UPS A300 Crashes in Alabama 

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