LOUISVILLE, KY – The death toll in a catastrophic airplane crash that sent a United Parcel Service aircraft into a ball of flames has risen to nine on Wednesday as authorities continue search and rescue and investigate a cause, officials said.

The UPS plane was departing for Honolulu from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport when it crashed at about 5:15 p.m. local time Tuesday, authorities said. Video of the crash showed flames on one of the plane's wings, and a huge fireball erupting as the aircraft hit the ground.

The three crew members aboard the plane were killed in the crash, according to authorities. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said at a late-night news conference that four fatalities were confirmed on the ground, and 11 other people who were injured had been

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