ERLANGER, Ky. — An Erlanger man was among the three UPS pilots killed in Tuesday's fatal plane crash.

Officials said at least 13 people, including a child, died when a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded during takeoff at UPS Worldport, the company's global hub, in Louisville. UPS confirmed Thursday that Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond were on the aircraft.

Wartenberg, officials have confirmed, lived in Erlanger at the time of the crash.

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, who served as an Air Force pilot for two decades, said on social media that Wartenberg served as a pilot in the Air Force Reserve starting in 1974. He was assigned to the 356th Airlift Squadron within the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Fo

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