LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

First Officer Lee Truitt was one of the crew members killed while operating the UPS Flight 2976 when it crashed and exploded in Louisville, Kentucky on November 4.

Truitt was a registered pilot rated to fly single engine commercial planes, and had a rating to fly multiengine transport planes. FAA records indicate while was an airline transport pilot and was also a flight instructor.

KOAT's Target 7 Investigative team found Truitt began working for UPS in 2021. He had been part of the aviation industry since 1998.

Truitt was rated to fly several types of planes, according to the FAA.

Truitt graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2006.

The NTSB continues to investigate the crash.

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