Determining the cause of the crash will be part of an already-in-progress National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

Officials confirmed that at least 12 people died. Kentucky’s governor warned that the death toll is expected to rise.

A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.

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"Looking at this MD-11 UPS crash , this is some of the most terrifying and sad footages I have seen," Ahmed Baokbah told Newsweek.

Nine people have died following a UPS cargo plane crash and that number is expected to rise as Gov. Andy Beshear said on X that 16 families have reported loved ones unaccounted for.A spokesperson for UofL Health confirmed that it received 15 patients across several hospitals after the crash.

Louisville’s governor said there were three crew members on board the UPS cargo plane headed for Hawaii. It crashed shortly after taking off, just three miles south of the airport, around 5:15 p.m. Eastern time.

The UPS plane was departing for Honolulu from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport when it crashed at about 5:15 p.m. local time Tuesday, authorities said. Video of the crash showed flames on one of the plane's wings,