0:00
At least seven people are dead this morning and nearly a dozen more injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky
0:10
A horrifying scene caught on video from multiple angles. It was unbelievable
0:15
A quick warning, the video is hard to watch. The jet had just left the runway at UPS Worldport, Louisville's main hub, heading for Honolulu around 5.15 p.m. when it erupted in a massive fireball
0:29
Just seconds earlier, video shows the plane struggling to lift off, flames trailing from its left wing before slamming into a nearby petroleum recycling facility
0:39
The impact set off a chain of secondary explosions and sent a plume of black smoke
0:43
into the air, visible for miles. All three crew members on board were killed
0:48
along with four people on the ground. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear warned
0:52
the death toll could rise, calling some of the injuries very significant
0:57
Firefighters worked into the night to contain the inferno, a daunting task with more than, get this, 38,000 gallons of fuel on board
1:05
The NTSB is now leading the investigation into what caused the crash
1:10
UPS has halted operations at its Louisville hub, the company's largest in the world, which sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour
1:19
No word yet on when it will reopen
