UPS plane crash in Louisville claims 15th victim weeks after fiery takeoff failure

A antheral who was severely injured successful the fiery clang of a UPS cargo level successful Louisville, Kentucky, has died much than 7 weeks later, bringing the full fig of fatalities from the clang to 15.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg identified the unfortunate arsenic Alain Rodriguez Colina, saying that helium died Thursday aft suffering captious injuries successful the crash.

"It is with large sadness that I conscionable learned Alain Rodriguez Colina has passed," Greenberg wrote successful an X station connected Thursday evening. "Alain is the 15th unfortunate of the UPS Flight 2976 accident. He suffered terrible injuries astatine the clip of the clang and passed earlier this Christmas Day. May Alain’s representation beryllium a blessing."

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The UPS level was seen connected occurrence anterior to the fatal Nov. 4 crash. (NTSB)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reacted to the updated decease toll connected X, urging radical to "pray for these families contiguous and successful the days, months and years to travel truthful they cognize they are not unsocial and they are loved."

Colina’s decease marks the latest improvement successful 1 of the deadliest U.S. aviation disasters this year.

On Nov. 4, UPS Flight 2976 crashed moments aft departing Louisville International Airport, slamming into a adjacent concern country and sidesplitting 3 unit members and 11 radical connected the ground.

A preliminary study from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that the Honolulu-bound cargo plane's near motor separated from the aircraft and burst into flames soon aft takeoff.

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Fire and fume people wherever a UPS cargo level crashed adjacent Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport connected Nov. 4, successful Louisville, Kentucky. The afloat fueled level crashed soon aft takeoff with a shelter-in-place bid issued for wrong 5 miles of the airport. (Stephen Cohen/Getty Images)

Black container information indicates that the level lone reached conscionable 30 feet supra crushed level earlier the crash.

Airport surveillance footage shows the near motor and pylon separating from the helping soon aft the airplane rotated, with a occurrence igniting connected the near engine, according to the NTSB report.

The near motor aboriginal slammed onto the ground, and a occurrence ignited adjacent the near pylon attachment to the wing, which continued until the level crashed into a adjacent retention gait and 2 buildings, the study said.

CCTV footage from a Kentucky concern showed the infinitesimal a UPS wide-body cargo level went down connected Nov. 4, 2025.  (Kentucky Truck Parts & Service)

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Investigators besides said the near pylon’s aft equine broke, allowing the motor to detach, adding that they recovered tiny cracks that grew implicit clip astir boltholes successful the mount, until it failed nether mean stress.

Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.