BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Caldwell resident Dana Diamond has been identified by UPS as a crew member on Flight 2976 , which crashed on takeoff in Kentucky on Tuesday. Captain Diamond served as the international relief officer on the Hawaii-bound flight, an extra crew member available to allow pilots to rest on the roughly 9-hour flight.

Before moving to Burleson County, Diamond also lived in Bastrop County, where he served as the fire chief for Rosansky’s 3-N-1 Volunteer Fire Department , now part of Bastrop County’s ESD 1.

Online records show Diamond had been a certified flight engineer and airline transport pilot rated for 727 and MD-11 planes since 2009. Diamond received his certification as a flight instructor for both single and multiengine aircraft in 1985.

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