UPS, Louisville and Muhammad Ali International Airport
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Four people on the ground were killed and the three people who were onboard the flight are presumed dead, local officials said.
Louisville airport officials join mayor Craig Greenberg to provide updates after a plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
The MD-11 that exploded spent much of September and October at ST Engineering at San Antonio International Airport. The company maintains the carrier's fleet.
US aviation authorities have ordered that all models of a cargo plane that crashed mid-takeoff in Kentucky on Tuesday be grounded. It comes after a Boeing MD-11 aircraft operated by UPS burst into flames on the runway of Louisville International Airport before colliding into neighbouring businesses,