08-27-2006, 11:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Commuter plane crashed (Kentucky) 1 survivor, 49 dead
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html
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Comair Flight 5191 crashed about half a mile past the end of the runway shortly after takeoff Sunday morning, killing 49 of the 50 people on board. The sole survivor, first officer James Polehinke, was in critical condition at a Lexington hospital.
The Delta commuter flight had been cleared to take off from the 7,000-foot Runway 22 at Lexington's Blue Grass Airport, sources told CNN earlier Sunday. Instead, evidence at the scene indicates the plane took off from Runway 26, which is about half as long, NTSB member Debbie Hersman told reporters Sunday evening.
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