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By Shane Nolan |
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December 8, 2010 - As part of its ongoing review to
enhance security, UPS on Tuesday announced it is
expanding its policy to require customers who ship
packages from retail shipping locations to present a
government-issued photo ID for verification of
identification. The directive will apply at The UPS
Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations as well as
authorized shipping outlets worldwide. This in response to what might have been a terrorist attack on September 3, 2010, when a UPS 747-400 cargo plane, Flight 6, had departed Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) about 6:53 PM local time, with a filed fight plan to Cologne, Germany.
The pilot reported to air traffic control upon takeoff
that there was a fire onboard the aircraft and requested
to return back to the airport. |
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It appears that there was a fire onboard the Boeing 747 and that the fire had caused a considerable amount of smoke in the cockpit to the degree that the pilots were unable to see outside the aircraft and were unable to read their instruments on the cockpit panels.
The
captain attempted to land at the airbase which is about 10 miles
southeast of
Consumers
who tender a shipment through any retail access location and do
not already have a pre-printed shipping label attached will have
to present a government-issued photo ID or they will not be
allowed to use UPS services. The ID policy has been in place at
UPS Customer Centers since 2005.
Valid
forms of identification in the |
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