At least 12 people died when a cargo plane crashed after takeoff in Louisville, Ky. The airport reopened Wednesday morning, but officials warned the death toll could rise.

Angela Anderson’s family has been waiting days for news. Her boyfriend, Donald Henderson, told TV station WDRB she was at the metal scrapping center Grade A Auto Parts in Louisville Tuesday night when a nearby UPS plane crashed during takeoff, killing 12 people. She hasn’t been heard from since.

At least 12 people were killed in the crash that occurred on Tuesday, according to officials. Authorities said the number of dead may grow.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -UPS said on Wednesday it would reopen its sprawling air cargo hub in Louisville, Kentucky, after temporarily shuttering it a day earlier due to a deadly plane crash, a move that will begin easing delays in the delivery firm's global network.

The grim task of finding and identifying victims from the firestorm that followed a UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gathered information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff.

The NTSB confirmed a UPS cargo plane's left engine separated during takeoff before a fatal Louisville airport crash that killed 12 people and injured 11 others Tuesday.

As the sun set and businesses started to close in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, the evening calm was suddenly shattered by a giant explosion near the city’s airport.

UPS calls the giant center Worldport. The facility at Muhammad Ali International Airport employs some 20,000 people, making UPS the largest employer in the Louisville area, the company said on its website.