STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont man and career UPS pilot offers new insight into a deadly Kentucky cargo jet explosion, and reveals his connection to one of the victims.

Joe Moon of Stowe hung up his wings in 2022 after decades of flying UPS cargo internationally.

“I don’t miss the schedules, but I miss the flying,” he said.

For Moon, Tuesday’s tragic plane crash in Louisville hits close to home.

“When you do know someone in it pretty well, it really is like that hits even worse,” he said.

Moon met the captain of the crashed plane a few times in passing. The relief officer captain, Dana Diamond, was someone he had flown with multiple times in his early years with UPS.

“He was a great guy, really smart, great pilot, so it’s really a shame,” Moon said.

He said if you were in Diamond’s p

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