At least three people were killed, and 11 others were injured when a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. The US Federal Aviation Administration explained that the aircraft, an MD-11 model, crashed after taking off from Louisville en route to Honolulu, noting that the aircraft was carrying three crew members.
Emergency services in Louisville reported that they issued an order to stay indoors within a five-mile radius of the airport, due to fires breaking out in industrial buildings adjacent to the crash site and the closure of several roads, while local reports indicated the formation of a large fire and the rising of thick columns of smoke.
The airspace at Louisville airport was temporarily closed following the incident, amid expectations of impacts on cargo operations, given that the airport houses UPS's Worldport Center, the company's largest parcel processing facility.
