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A UPS cargo plane crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, resulting in at least nine fatalities.

Federal investigators found the plane's left engine detached from the wing during takeoff.

The National Transportation Safety Board recovered the flight data recorder and will issue a preliminary report in about 30 days.

An ongoing federal government shutdown is not impacting the NTSB's investigation into the crash.

Federal investigators have begun to make headway as they look to piece together the cause of a UPS plane crash in near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Nov. 4.

Among the early findings: The left engine on the plane, an MD-11 , detached from the wing during takeoff, National Transportation Safety Board Board M

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