Doomed UPS plane’s engine detached after attempted takeoff

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00:00Officials in Louisville, Kentucky are offering new details surrounding the horrific crash of

00:05a UPS plane that exploded into a fireball shortly after takeoff this week. After reviewing CCTV

00:12footage of the incident, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board

00:16say that the left engine detached from the wing during takeoff. Now, the death toll in the crash

00:21has risen to at least nine, but that number is expected to jump even higher after more than a

00:26dozen families have reported missing loved ones. The plane was heading to Hawaii and was carrying

00:31a crew of three and 50,000 gallons of jet fuel when it exploded. Investigators confirmed that

00:37the plane's black box has been recovered as they continue to search for clues into just what went

00:43wrong here. Now, based on some of the publicly available and really crazy footage that was

00:49captured, it appeared that one of the plane's wings was on fire as it took off. Then the aircraft

00:56flips on its side and crashes to the ground, just engulfed in flames at Muhammad Ali International

01:03Airport. Now, the international shipping giant is headquartered in Louisville and it's the city's

01:08largest employer.