Nine people remain missing as authorities sift through the massive wreckage field from the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky , that killed at least 12 people this week, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said on Thursday.

Greenberg said at a press conference that the number of people unaccounted for went down from 15 on Wednesday to nine. Kentucky officials said on Wednesday that the three crew members on board were among the dead, and that a young child was thought to have been killed in the explosion.

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The mayor cautioned that more bodies may be recovered in coming days as authorities sift through the massive debris field left behind from the horrific crash.

"There’s so much charred, mangled metal, tha

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