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Plane Crashes in Lexington
WTVQ 36 Lexington ^
| August 27, 2006
| Jon Sasser
Posted on 08/27/2006 4:38:10 AM PDT by BigBlueJon
Edited on 08/27/2006 5:02:21 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Possible plane crash in Lexington, KY. My brother works security for Lexington UK Hospital and was just called in. No news locally or on major news outlets yet. I didn't want to post anything for fear of being wrong, but he's still waiting for an official call while on stand-by.
Update from WTVQ 36 Lexington:
A plane has crashed near the Blue Grass Airport this morning. No word on details at this time. We are told it was a commercial aircraft. Versailles Road is blocked as emergency vehicles circle around the site. We have live coverage beginning at 7:20am. Stay with Action News 36 for more details.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: airplane; bluegrassairport; comair; crash; delta; dl5191; kentucky; lex; lexington; plane; planecrash; terribletragedy; wreck
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To: Erik Latranyi
That's my assessment also.
To: BigBlueJon
162
posted on
08/27/2006 6:17:40 AM PDT
by
A message
(We who care, Can Not Fail)
To: battlegearboat
This may be a lightning strike.
163
posted on
08/27/2006 6:17:44 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
To: SE Mom
1 mile from the airport can't be all that wooded. The airport has Keeneland and Calumet Farms on one side and subdivisions and farms on others.
I'm a UK grad and granddaughter of a former air traffic controller at this airport. I have lots of family in the area and am anxious for all involved.
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posted on
08/27/2006 6:19:01 AM PDT
by
brothers4thID
(Being lectured by Ted Kennedy on ethics is not unlike being lectured on dating protocol by Ted Bundy)
To: brothers4thID
Lex18 reporting that the pilot took off on wrong runway, clipped trees and crashed at the fire training center.
Fire training center sits up on a slight rise near the airport.
165
posted on
08/27/2006 6:26:42 AM PDT
by
brothers4thID
(Being lectured by Ted Kennedy on ethics is not unlike being lectured on dating protocol by Ted Bundy)
To: brothers4thID
166
posted on
08/27/2006 6:27:41 AM PDT
by
The Raven
(There is no left and right - just up and down - Ronald Reagan)
To: Wings-n-Wind
Yes Versailles Road runs WNW across the top of the airport, just a few feet from the actual end of the runway. I guess planes taking off and landing across a highway is nothing unique, but it used to startle me how low they came across Versailles Road...
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posted on
08/27/2006 6:28:10 AM PDT
by
Sender
(“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”)
To: brothers4thID
What is Lex 18? A TV station?
To: brothers4thID
Hospital source states two people taken from the scene. One was the captain and the other was a passenger. Both are in very critical condition and both expected not to survive. Prayers again.
169
posted on
08/27/2006 6:28:30 AM PDT
by
BigBlueJon
(Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas to bed.......Jack Bauer wears George W pajamas.)
To: brothers4thID
Louisville was just reporting the same. Wrong runway.
170
posted on
08/27/2006 6:28:56 AM PDT
by
SLB
(Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
To: brothers4thID
Lex18 reporting that the pilot took off on wrong runway What!?!
To: Sender
CNN is pronouncing the road as "Ver-sails". Ist that the way locals call it or is it "Ver-sigh"?
To: BigBlueJon
Oh dear this is terrible. Prayers up for the families.
173
posted on
08/27/2006 6:29:33 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: brothers4thID
174
posted on
08/27/2006 6:29:46 AM PDT
by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
To: brothers4thID
Wouldn't the tower alert the plane that they were on the wrong runway??? I guess with human error anything is possible, and I know accident's happen when planes sometimes taxi on wrong runways, or land on wrong runways. But I've never heard of a plane taking off on the wrong runway.
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posted on
08/27/2006 6:31:57 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: don-o
Likely weather conditions (rain) and environmental conditions (darkness) contributed, is the suspicion. Runway 26 is a closed runway, half the length of the main runway, unlit, with paving problems.
176
posted on
08/27/2006 6:32:41 AM PDT
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: BigBlueJon
Now MSNBC reporting survivor may be pilot or copilot..
You have done an excellent job this morning.
To: battlegearboat
CNN is pronouncing the road as "Ver-sails". Ist that the way locals call it or is it "Ver-sigh"? CNN is correct.
Ver-sigh? That must be the way those pansy frogs talk.
178
posted on
08/27/2006 6:35:13 AM PDT
by
SLB
(Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
To: dawn53
FWIW, from
this link:
9.6 percent involved landing on the wrong runway or at the wrong airport.
That stat was from a year period, 1998 to 1999.
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posted on
08/27/2006 6:36:23 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: SLB
Thanks for the clarification.
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