Late Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Andy Beshear said an 11th person has died and that one of the victims is a child. Later, Mayor Craig Greenberg confirmed a 12th person has died. On Thursday, Greenberg confirmed that nine people are still unaccounted for. The death toll is expected to come out

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WXIX) - The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were both recovered from the wreckage of the deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville. The National Transportation Safety Board posted a photo of the recorders from the MD-11 cargo plane on Thursday morning.

The crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport marked the deadliest accident in UPS Airlines history.

At least nine people were killed and 11 others were injured after a UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky. NTSB officials said that CCTV footage captured the left engine detaching from the wing of the plane during takeoff.

Surveillance footage showed the left engine of the UPS cargo plane that crashed on Tuesday in Kentucky, detached from the wing, an official said.

Airlines stopped flying MD-11s mainly because the aircraft initially failed to meet its promised performance, particularly in range and fuel efficiency, which led to many airlines canceling orders or replacing them with more efficient planes such as the Boeing 777 and Airbus A330, according to the Infinite Flight blog.

The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that the UPS MD-11 freighter that crashed after takeoff from the cargo giant’s Kentucky hub on November 4, 2025, shed its left engine during the takeoff roll,