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A UPS cargo plane crashed after takeoff in Louisville, killing at least nine people.

The crash sparked a massive fire and shut down the company’s Worldport hub.

Federal investigators are probing the cause of the deadly incident.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A cargo plane crash at the Louisville, Kentucky airport sparked a massive fire, killing at least nine people and forcing the shutdown of UPS’s largest package delivery hub.

Authorities were searching for additional victims in an industrial area next to the airport where the UPS plane slammed into businesses Tuesday afternoon and exploded, after taking off from the company’s distribution hub.

Several people on the ground were killed, Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said. About a dozen people were injured.

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