The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. On his screen, CEO Sean Garber watched a “huge fireball” engulf the Louisville,

Still images and aerial video footage appear to show the plane's left engine sitting just off the runway in Louisville, Kentucky.

The plane crashed just after takeoff in Kentucky, causing a huge fire. At least a dozen people were killed and others critically hurt.

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.

At least 12 people were killed and several others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday.

The ruling came after an emotional hearing in early September when relatives of some of the victims urged US District Judge Reed O’Connor to reject the deal and instead appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case.

A team of investigators arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday to look into what led to the fiery crash of a UPS cargo plane shortly after it took off from the Louisville airport Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and destroying businesses and other structures in the area.

The United Parcel Service cargo plane that crashed Tuesday was 34 years old and needed a critical repair on its fuel tank in September.The MD-11 plane was grounded in San Antonio from Sept. 3 through at least Oct.