After enduring severe injuries from the catastrophic UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, a man has succumbed to his injuries over seven weeks later, raising the death toll from the incident to 15.

Louisville’s mayor, Craig Greenberg, announced the passing of Alain Rodriguez Colina, who died on Thursday following critical injuries sustained in the crash.

“It is with profound sorrow that I learned of Alain Rodriguez Colina’s passing,” Greenberg expressed in an X post on Thursday evening. “Alain is the 15th victim of the UPS Flight 2976 disaster. He sustained severe injuries during the crash and left us earlier this Christmas Day. May his memory bring solace and blessings.”

The UPS aircraft was engulfed in flames before the tragic crash on November 4th. (NTSB)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reacted to the updated death toll on X, urging people to “pray for these families today and in the days, months and years to come so they know they are not alone and they are loved.”

Colina’s death marks the latest development in one of the deadliest U.S. aviation disasters this year.

On Nov. 4, UPS Flight 2976 crashed moments after departing Louisville International Airport, slamming into a nearby industrial area and killing three crew members and 11 people on the ground.

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that the Honolulu-bound cargo plane’s left engine separated from the aircraft and burst into flames shortly after takeoff.

Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, in Louisville, Kentucky. The fully fueled plane crashed shortly after takeoff with a shelter-in-place order issued for within 5 miles of the airport. (Stephen Cohen/Getty Images)

Black box data indicates that the plane only reached just 30 feet above ground level before the crash.

Airport surveillance footage shows the left engine and pylon separating from the wing shortly after the airplane rotated, with a fire igniting on the left engine, according to the NTSB report.

The left engine later slammed onto the ground, and a fire ignited near the left pylon attachment to the wing, which continued until the plane crashed into a nearby storage yard and two buildings, the report said.

CCTV footage from a Kentucky business showed the moment a UPS wide-body cargo plane went down on Nov. 4, 2025.  (Kentucky Truck Parts & Service)

Investigators also said the left pylon’s aft mount broke, allowing the engine to detach, adding that they found tiny cracks that grew over time around boltholes in the mount, until it failed under normal stress.