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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company's global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.

Massive fireball erupts as UPS plane crashes at Kentucky airport, leaving 7 dead

<p>OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN CORE. &gt;&gt; BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. &gt;&gt; WE HAVE GOT TO START TONIGHT WITH THAT STUNNING VIDEO OUT OF FOOD BILL, KENTUCKY. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAMMOTH FIRE HERE. THIS IS A UPS CARGO PLANE CRASHED AT MUHAMMAD ALI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. I'M ASHLEY ROAD AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. SO HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW. THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED JUST IN THE LAST 30 MINUTE UPS SAYING THE 3 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. &gt;&gt; THEY DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR CONDITION RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO JUST FOUND OUT THAT 4 PEOPLE DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER ALL THIS. AND THE FAA SAYS THE AIRPORT WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 7 TOMORROW MORNING. LET'S GET TO BRIAN SHRADER IN THE LIVE CENTER WITH THE VERY LATEST FROM THE SCENE. PRESS WANT TO MONITOR THOSE LIVE PICTURES THAT WE'RE GETTING THE FIRE IS THERE IN THE DISTANCE AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET BETTER PICTURES OF THIS RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY HAVE CLOSED THE AIRSPACE, THEIR SON, THE NEWS HELICOPTERS HAVE TO STAY BACK TO RELYING ON. &gt;&gt; SOME OF THE FIX TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN THAT AREA. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE THERE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY OF THE MUHAMMAD ALI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, UPS FLIGHT. 29, 76 TOOK OFF AROUND 5.15 THIS AFTERNOON ON ITS WAY TO HONOLULU, HAWAII AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE CRASHED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE IS VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW THE PLANE CRASHING THERE. THE LEFT ENGINE ON FIRE AND THEN IT CRASHES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THAT THAT IS, IN FACT, VIDEO OF THAT PLANT. UPS SAYS 3 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, BUT THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS THAT THERE MAY BE MANY OTHERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS ON THE GROUND. WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OTHER VIDEO OF THIS. THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN JUST AFTER THAT CRASH HAPPENED. A HUGE PLUME OF SMOKE CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY. AS WE SAID, ABOUT HALF OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE RIGHT NOW AND SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER BEFORE THEY'VE CLEARED THE AIRSPACE, A NEWS HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO CATCH THIS VIDEO AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THAT PLANE CRASHED INTO AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF TRUCKS THAT HAD TANKERS, THERE APPEARS TO BE PETROLEUM THAT IS BURNING IN THEIR OTHER BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED, ACCORDING TO THIS VIDEO, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE KIND OF PLANE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN MD 11 FULLY FUELED FOR THAT LONG TRIP OUT TO HONOLULU AND ALSO WEATHER RADAR PICKED UP THAT SMOKE. HAS THAT PLUME FORMED OVER THE AIRPORT AND</p>

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