NEW YORK, November 5 (Xinhua) -- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on the 5th that the number of fatalities in the crash of a cargo plane at Louisville International Airport in the state on the 4th has risen to 11, and it is expected to continue to

Beshir said in a press conference that at least one child was believed to be among the victims. Rescuers are still searching for several missing persons.

Beshir has declared a state of emergency in Kentucky and mobilized the National Guard to quickly deploy resources.

The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States has launched an investigation into this accident. The investigators disclosed at the press conference that a large fire broke out on the left wing of the cargo plane during the takeoff rol

Investigators have stated that the two "black boxes" of the cargo plane in question, namely the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, were found on the afternoon of the 5th. The plane had neither delayed nor received maintenance before tak

According to the Louisville International Airport website, as of the morning of the 5th, passenger flights to and from Louisville have resumed. However, due to severe flight delays and backlog on the evening of the 4th, and only one runway currently

According to multiple sources, the cargo plane that crashed was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, produced in 1991 and belonging to the United States-based United Parcel Service. The plane was scheduled to fly to Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, and took of