UPS, Kentucky and Louisville
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At least 13 people were killed and several others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday.
The death toll continued to rise a day after a UPS cargo plane, loaded with fuel and bound for Honolulu, crashed shortly past the runway of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, marking the deadliest plane crash in the history of UPS Airlines.
Nine people remain missing after a UPS plane departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday crashed, killing at least 12 people.
The deceased are believed to include the three people aboard the plane, who were identified Thursday by UPS as Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond.
Video of the deadly Louisville, Kentucky, crash showed flames on one of the plane's wings and a huge fireball erupting as the aircraft hit the ground.
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.
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.
UPS has released the identities of the crew members who lost their lives in Tuesday’s plane crash in Louisville.
The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed a UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day