Former colleagues pay tributes to pilots killed in UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky
November 7, 2025
Former colleagues are mourning three pilots killed in the UPS cargo plane crash near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, as relatives of a badly burned man who was pulled from the wreckage confirm he’s also among the 13 who died. Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond were on board when the crash happened at UPS’s global aviation hub located at Muhammad Ali International Airport. Wartenberg was an Air Force veteran and Porsche car enthusiast. Truitt was a flight instructor. Diamond previously served as a county emergency chief in Texas. And Matt Sweets, a father of two young children who was badly burned in the blaze, died Thursday after being treated at a hospital.