The death toll in a catastrophic airplane crash that sent a UPS Cargo Jet into a ball of flames has risen to nine on Wednesday.

The United Parcel Service aircraft, which was departing for Honolulu from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, crashed at about 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, as footage could be seen of black smoke billowing into the sky.

Footage from one person on another aircraft showed the cargo jet already on fire as it made its way down the runway before it crashed.

The aircraft burst into flames, and at least two nearby businesses were struck by the wreckage, according to the state’s governor, Andy Beshear. Kentucky Petroleum Recycling was struck “pretty directly”, Beshear said, with a second business – Grade A Auto Parts – also being impacted.

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