The death toll has risen to 13 after a UPS plane departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky crashed in a ball of flames, officials said Thursday.

Officials said earlier Thursday that nine people remained missing as crews continue to search through half a mile of "charred, mangled" debris to find any additional victims in Tuesday's crash.

"It's been a long 36 hours of tragedy," Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said at a press conference on Thursday.

UPS Flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter plane was headed to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, when the plane's left engine detached after a "large plume of fire" erupted from the plane's

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