"LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gather information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff. The inferno consumed the enormous plane and spread to nearby businesses, killing at least 12 people, including a child, and leaving little hope of finding survivors in the charred area of the crash at UPS Worldport, the company's global aviation hub."
"The plane with three people aboard had been cleared for takeoff Tuesday when a large fire developed in the left wing, said Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation. But determining why it caught fire and the engine fell off could take investigators more than a year."
"The plane gained enough altitude to clear the fence at the end of the runway before crashing just outside Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Inman said. The cockpit voice recorder and data recorder have since been recovered, and the engine was discovered on the airfield, he said."
A UPS cargo plane caught fire on takeoff and crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, triggering a firestorm that consumed the aircraft and nearby businesses. At least 12 people died, including a child at an auto salvage yard, and search teams continued efforts to locate victims. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading an investigation; the cockpit voice and data recorders have been recovered and the engine was found on the airfield. Investigators said establishing why the left wing ignited and the engine detached could take more than a year.
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