A UPS cargo plane crashed Tuesday after taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least nine people and sending a cloud of thick smoke rising over one of the largest air cargo hubs in the United States.

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said that the plane, which was carrying three crew members, hit two businesses near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport and that the death toll could rise.

On Wednesday morning, Mayor Craig Greenberg of Louisville said emergency responders had located nine people who died in the crash. Earlier, he had said that four of the people who died were on the ground when the plane crashed, and that 11 others were injured.

The plane exploded into a fireball and left a fiery trail through an industrial area near the airport. Officials

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