LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — First responders were searching for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball at the company’s global aviation hub in Kentucky, killing at least nine people, authorities said.

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

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on social media that 16 families gathered at a reunification center “have reported loved ones unaccounted for.”

“This plane barely missed a restaurant bar. It was very close to a very large Ford plant with hundreds, if not a thousand-plus workers,” Beshear told CNN. ”It was very close to our convention center that’s having a big

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