LOUISVILLE, Ky. — First responders searched for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.

The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear posted online Wednesday morning that 16 families who gathered at a reunification center “have reported loved ones unaccounted for.”

The airport is just a 10-minute drive from the city’s downtown, which sits on the Ohio River bordering the Indiana state line. There are residential areas, a water park and museums there. Emerg

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