LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal official said Wednesday, offering the first investigative details about a disaster that killed at least 12 people, including a child.

The UPS Flight 2976 crash near Louisville has drawn comparisons to the 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 disaster. Here's what we know so far and why experts are urging caution before jumping to conclusions.

The UPS plane whose engine exploded in Kentucky had flown out of Baltimore Marshall Airport less than 12 hours earlier.

Investigators are still gathering information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff.

Haunting similarities can be found between the UPS jet crash and the deadliest aviation incident in U.S. history, a crash at O'Hare Airport in 1979.

A UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday,

First responders are searching for more victims after at least 12 people died when a UPS plane crashed while taking off from the airport in Louisville, Kentucky.

At least 12 people are dead and several people are injured after a catastrophic plane crash near Louisville Airport.

L OUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday, offering the first official details about a disaster that killed at least 11 people, including a child.

Nine people were killed and 11 injured after a UPS MD-11 freighter crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff from Louisville. The NTSB and FAA are investigating, with early focus on a possible engine separation.