UPS Flight 2976 crashed Tuesday evening as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport for Honolulu, according to the FAA.

A state of emergency has been declared for Kentucky by Governor Andy Beshear Wednesday following a deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville Tuesday night. Beshear said that nine people are dead and at least 15 people are injured. An additional 16 people are still unaccounted for after the incident.

At least nine people died after a cargo jet plunged to the ground shortly after taking off for a flight to Hawaii. The death toll could rise.

Video of the deadly crash showed flames on one of the plane's wings, and a huge fireball erupting as the aircraft hit the ground.

Horrifying dashcam footage captured the moment a UPS plane crashed and erupted into a fireball shortly after takeoff near a Kentucky airport on Tuesday, killing at least nine people.

Airlines stopped flying MD-11s mainly because the aircraft initially failed to meet its promised performance, particularly in range and fuel efficiency, which led to many airlines canceling orders or replacing them with more efficient planes such as the Boeing 777 and Airbus A330, according to the Infinite Flight blog.

As the sun set and businesses started to close in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, the evening calm was suddenly shattered by a giant explosion near the city’s airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation into the incident.