The death toll from the UPS plane crash in Louisville has risen to 12, and one of the victims may have been a child, officials said.

The NTSB confirmed a UPS cargo plane's left engine separated during takeoff before a fatal Louisville airport crash that killed 12 people and injured 11 others Tuesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal official said Wednesday, offering the first investigative details about a disaster that killed at least 12 people, including a child.

A UPS cargo plane caught fire while struggling to take off from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, killing at least 11 people. Here's everything to know about the fatal UPS cargo plane crash.

New ground footage shows UPS MD-11 erupting in a fireball as it made its way down the runway before it exploded.

At least 11 people have died and more than a dozen are injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening. Aviation experts who spoke to BBC Verify believe the plane crashed after one engine failed and another appeared to be damaged during take-off.

The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.

In the new footage from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky, the wing of the UPS cargo plane is seen on fire just moments before the aircraft plummets to the ground

Determining the cause of the crash will be part of an already-in-progress National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day