LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A federal official said Wednesday that a UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine detached moments before the aircraft crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, killing at least 11 people, including a child.

NTSB investigators said they also found the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder.

Authorities were searching for additional victims in an industrial area next to the airport where the UPS plane slammed into businesses Tuesday afternoon and exploded after taking off from the company’s distribution hub.

Several people on the ground were killed, Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said. About a dozen people were injured.

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Video showed the plane’s left wing was on fire when it took off, moments before it crashed into an

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