Just hours before a plane crash at a Louisville airport that has now left a dozen dead and nearly 20 injured, a UPS pilot from Northwest Arkansas had flown in.

The number of fatalities may increase after a UPS plane crashed Tuesday near the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said.

The crash of the UPS cargo plane near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport happened around 5:15 p.m. Nov. 4.

This is an active scene with fire and debris. Stay away,” the Louisville Metro Police Department said in a post on social media.

There was a fire in the UPS plane's left wing and the engine "detached" during takeoff from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, the NTSB official said.

A UPS plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville airport on Tuesday, triggering a massive fire and killing at least nine.

The aircraft with three aboard crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport about 5:15 p.m. The governor warned the death toll could grow.

A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.

Video from a business just 500 feet away captured the fiery destruction when a UPS plane crashed after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky.