Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The death toll in a UPS plane crash in Louisville, Ky., rose to 12 on Wednesday, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency around the airport to handle the response.
An engine of the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11, built in 1996, separated from the aircraft upon takeoff from the airport on Tuesday. In 1979, an engine of the company's predecessor, a DC-10, separated after takeoff, killing 271 passengers in the worst airline disaster in the United States.
During the afternoon briefing, the governor said one of the victims is believed to be "a young child at that, which makes it all the harder." All three crew members are believed to have perished, though no victims have been identified.
"There are a handful of other people that we're still searching for, that we hope weren't on site and that we hope were somewhere else," Beshear said.
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