At least seven people are dead, and the toll is expected to rise, after a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter jet crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff on Tuesday from Louisville, Kentucky.

Video circulating on social media showed the Honolulu-bound McDonnell Douglas MD-11 struggling to get airborne, with one of its engines on fire, before exploding in a fireball beyond the end of the runway. A separate clip posted by local news station WLKY showed a large area of the ground on fire in the aftermath of the crash. Plumes of smoke were visible for miles.

At least 11 people were also injured, and the number of casualties is likely to increase after the crash, which occurred around 5:15 p.m. local time, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said in a post on X.

“Anybody who has seen the imag

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