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The death toll from the UPS plane crash in Louisville has risen to 12, and one of the victims may have been is a child. Mayor Craig Greenberg confirmed the 12 deaths on Wednesday, Nov. 5, one day after the crash near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, according to ABC affiliate WHAS.
New ground footage shows UPS MD-11 erupting in a fireball as it made its way down the runway before it exploded.
A US cargo plane has erupted into a ball of fire after crashing shortly after taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky in the southeastern region of the United States. Injuries have been reported following the fiery crash of a cargo plane in the United States' southeast.
The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville was 34 years old and was reportedly very recently grounded for more than a month for critical repairs to its fuel tank.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an order prohibiting the flight of MD-11 planes, pending inspection, following a fiery crash earlier this week of a UPS MD-11 cargo freighter in Louisville,
UPS has grounded its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, the type of plane involved in Tuesday’s deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky, the company confirmed Friday. Now, the FAA is ordering an investigation into those planes before they can fly again.