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

Investigators are reviewing 63 hours of data collected from the black box of a UPS cargo plane involved in a deadly crash that killed at least 13 people in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this week. Nine people remain missing as authorities sift through the wreckage of Tuesday's crash in an attempt to piece together what went wrong.

Dozens of federal aviation investigators are on the ground in Louisville searching the crash site's debris field, which covers nearly a half-mile area.

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At least 13 people were killed and several others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday.

A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening, initiating a federal investigation. This incident renews scrutiny on the company's safety record, recalling previous fatal crashes in Dubai and Birmingham.

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