3 Dead As Large UPS Cargo Plane Crashes, Bursts Into Flames During Takeoff In Louisville | Videos

Last Updated:November 05, 2025, 07:11 IST

A UPS cargo plane bound for Honolulu crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali Airport, killing all three crew members and injuring 11 others.

A fireball erupts near airport property after reports of a plane crash at Louisville Airport (Photo: AP)

A UPS cargo plane with three people aboard crashed and exploded early on Wednesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky. All on board were dead, while 11 others were injured.

According to the Associated Press, the plane crashed about 5.15 pm (US local time) as it was departing for Honolulu from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali Airport.

The plane lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball, it was known.

Videos of the plane crash showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke.

Mayor Craig Greenberg told WLKY-TV that fuel on the plane was an “extreme reason for concern in so many different ways".

UPS’s largest package handling facility is in Louisville. The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

A shelter-in-place order was extended to all areas north of the airport to the Ohio River.

The Louisville airport is only a 10-minute drive from the city’s downtown, which sits on the river bordering the Indiana state line. There are residential areas, a water park and museums in the area.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airplane owned by UPS was manufactured in 1991.

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