A second aviation expert Marco Chan says the footage shows “the left engine catching fire during take-off”, followed moments later by “a burst of smoke from the upper centre engine”. “A single engine fire can usually be managed, but losing two engines within seconds would have made the plane impossible to control or climb away,” he tells us.

“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos,” he said at a news conference. “You will see mass flight delays, you’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have the air traffic controllers.”

The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.

At least nine people have died after a UPS cargo plane crashed in the US state of Kentucky yesterday. The incident happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Louisville International Airport. BBC Verify has pieced together clips being shared online to see how the crash unfolded - as Jake Horton explains.

SAN ANTONIO - A UPS cargo plane that crashed and exploded Tuesday evening at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing at least nine people, had sp