Three people are dead and at least 11 are injured after a UPS plane crashed on Tuesday in Louisville.

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 plane crash happened on Nov. 4, 2025. Mayor Greenberg and UPS recognized the bravery of those who responded to the crash site.

The death toll from the United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo plane crash in the US has reached seven and authorities expect it to rise. The aircraft was departing the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky with three crew onboard about 5.20pm on Tuesday local time when the emergency occurred.

Staff Sgt. Tabitha Awoniyi won a regional Emmy as part of a Kentucky news team that covered the deadly 2025 UPS plane crash.

A large UPS cargo plane with three people aboard crashed Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, igniting an explosion and massive fire.

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A UPS cargo jet crashed seconds after leaving the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport when its left engine, together with the pylon that anchors the engine to the wing, tore away from the aircraft during takeoff.