US crash investigators said the left engine appeared to detach from the doomed United Parcel Service Inc. freighter moments before it crashed at the company’s hub in Kentucky, leaving nine people dead and others injured.

A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday, offering the first official deta...

The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.