The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash.

Two of the nation's top parcel carriers have grounded their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, the type of plane involved in Tuesday’s deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.

The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day.

US aviation authorities have ordered that all models of a cargo plane that crashed mid-takeoff in Kentucky on Tuesday be grounded. It comes after a Boeing MD-11 aircraft operated by UPS burst into flames on the runway of Louisville International Airport before colliding into neighbouring businesses, killing 14 people.

Dozens of 911 calls for a “large explosion” and “lots of black smoke” flooded emergency radio channels in the moments after the UPS cargo plane tore through an industrial park in Kentucky according to new audio from the tragedy, which unfolded just yards away from shocked happy hour goers.

New details have been revealed about Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, which currently has a death toll of 14, according to officials.

A UPS cargo plane crashed in Louisville on Tuesday, Nov. 4, killing at least 12 people. Find out more about state of emergency and cause of crash.

The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. On his screen, CEO Sean Garber watched a “huge fireball” engulf the Louisville,