Death toll from U.S. Kentucky cargo plane crash rises to 11

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The death toll from the UPS cargo plane crash near Louisville International Airport has risen to 11, with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear saying the number is expected to increase.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2dvxedbu   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The confirmed death toll from the UPS cargo plane crash near Louisville International

00:06Airport, Kentucky, has risen to 11 and is expected to reach 12, authorities said on

00:12Wednesday.

00:13Our fatality count is now up to 11, expected to reach 12 possibly by the end of the day.

00:20And there are a handful of other people that we're still searching for that we hope weren't

00:26on site and that we hear we're somewhere else.

00:31The other piece of news is we are moving from a rescue to a recovery mode.

00:38We do not expect to find anyone else alive in the area.

00:42Beshear said one of the victims is believed to be a child.

00:46He has declared a state of emergency and mobilized the National Guard to expedite resources to

00:52the crash site.

00:53The National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, confirmed that investigators have recovered

00:59both black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.

01:04NTSB member Todd Inman said airport surveillance footage showed a large fire plume near the

01:10left wing moments after takeoff.

01:12The aircraft's left engine detached during takeoff, yet the plane managed to lift off briefly,

01:18clearing the airport fence before crashing into nearby structures and terrain.

01:22The crash ignited a massive blaze that spread roughly 800 meters through an industrial area,

01:28including a petroleum recycling facility that later exploded.

01:32Inman said the 34-year-old MD-11 freighter, bound for Honolulu, was neither delayed nor under

01:38maintenance before departure.

01:41The NTSB's maintenance team will review aircraft records and flight cycles as part of the investigation.

01:47The NTSB's maintenance team will review aircraft operations and pilot operation based on this

01:53shown

02:07the NTSB network.

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