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At Least 9 Dead After UPS Plane Crashes Departing Louisville Airport

The death toll may rise as officials search for additional victims.

At least nine people are dead after a UPS plane crashed on Tuesday when departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, authorities said, sending a massive plume of smoke into the air following the fiery crash.

On Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said nine “known fatalities” were found at the scene of the crash, but that number “may rise throughout the day.”

“There are no words that I can provide to any family members that are searching for information about someone that they may believe might have been near the scene of the crash that they haven’t heard from yet,” Greenberg told ABC News Live on Wednesday.

Read the rest of the story at abc News.

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