On Wednesday, the cargo plane of UPS crashed into a field close to Birmingham airport. The accident killed two pilots and scattered debris over a rural area.

Witnesses living next to the airfield watched flames from the plane. They said they also heard the struggle of the massive A300 jet's engines before the impact.

The plane came from Louisville Kentucky and went down roughly a half-mile from the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Only the pilot and co-pilot were aboard the plane.

The airplane was a UPS A-300 Airbus built in 2003. Airbus said the plane had logged around 11,000 flight hours in over 6,800 flights. In 2009, it was retired from the US passenger service.

Some of the cargo the plane carried included over 13,000 bags manufactured by Freeset USA. According to a press release from the local nonprofit, the products were worth more than USD150,000. However, the total cost of the UPS plane crash was not estimated yet.

In comparison, a plane crash in Melbourne Airport that involved Virgin Jet and Jetstar four days ago was worth USD3 million. Also, the crash of Asiana Airlines Inc's plane in San Francisco last month was valued around KRW20 billion or USD18 million.