Louisville: First responders prepared to resume looking for victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.

The plane crashed about 5:15 pm Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Over 200 responders were on the scene Tuesday night, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

“We’ll continue to put every resource we have available to this, as well,” he told WLKY-TV on Wednesday morning.

Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding

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