UPS Flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, officials said. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter plane was headed to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, when the plane's left engine detached after a "large plume of fire" erupted from the plane's left wing, according to the NTSB.

New ground footage shows UPS MD-11 erupting in a fireball as it made its way down the runway before it exploded.

The death toll from the UPS plane crash in Louisville has risen to 12, and one of the victims may have been a child, officials said.

At least 11 people have died and more than a dozen are injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening. Aviation experts who spoke to BBC Verify believe the plane crashed after one engine failed and another appeared to be damaged during take-off.

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.

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NTSB officials say audio recordings from the deadly UPS crash in Louisville have been recovered, but will not be released. At least 12 people were killed in the fiery crash and 9 others are still missing after the plane went down shortly after takeoff on Tuesday.