UPS, Louisville and cargo plane crashed
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The death toll climbed to at least 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 5, and several people remained unaccounted for, said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.
More than two dozen officials with the National Transportation and Safety Board are on site and have begun sifting through the mangled remnants of a UPS cargo plane that crashed after an engine detached during takeoff near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day.
The crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport marked the deadliest accident in UPS Airlines history.
Two days after a UPS cargo plane crashed in Kentucky, the confirmed death toll has risen to 12, with nine people still unaccounted for.
At least 12 people were killed and several others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday.
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