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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: HAL9000
kentucky.com -
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:42:58 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
Oh, man. I did my student teaching at Tates Creek on the south side of Lexington and have some relatives in the area. Praying.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:44:10 AM PDT
by
Stegall Tx
(Pray often.)
To: Erik Latranyi
Whoever made that map is clueless. The Bluegrass Parkway ends in Elizabethtown, not Bowling Green. They're about 40 miles apart on I-65.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:45:07 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: Stegall Tx
I was just at Tates Creek yesterday. Beautiful area south of New Circle Rd.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:45:29 AM PDT
by
BigBlueJon
(Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas to bed.......Jack Bauer wears George W pajamas.)
To: BigBlueJon
About 30 minutes ago FOX reported 50 dead- they've backed off that and now say not going to speculate on numbers.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:46:37 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for Steve & Olaf & Israeli Soldiers))
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Lightning is seldom the cause of an aircraft failure. In any large release of energy the flash preceeds the bang. Speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:46:40 AM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: dhuffman@awod.com
MSNBC discounting weather as a factor.
To: dhuffman@awod.com
I have a co-worker who works out of her home in Versailles. Her husband flies a lot. I don't think he would have been on that one!
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:48:19 AM PDT
by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
To: counterindication
But it's far more important that we don't offend Arabs by not checking every single one for dangerous items. Security need to waste their time on all those white people as well.What?
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:49:17 AM PDT
by
Stentor
(It's almost 1992. Do you know where your Clinton is?)
To: Wings-n-Wind
If you ever flew into Lexington from the North, you know that the approach brings you over those beautiful horse farms and then Keeneland racetrack, then finally very low over Versailles Road, hwy 60, immediately before the wheels touch down.
It wasn't too many years ago that a flight came in a few feet too low and slammed into a stone fence then plowed across Versailles Road. If this flight was taking off toward the North, then it is probably on Keeneland property or in a horse pasture.
Prayers for all onboard and for the families.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:49:58 AM PDT
by
Sender
(“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”)
To: battlegearboat
IOW, glow-bull warming template rejected. Search continues...searching...felons on board...Asians...buxom ladies...searching
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:51:23 AM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: battlegearboat
MSNBC has local WLEX reporter in the area, but no pictures from their location near the airport.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:51:43 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
To: dhuffman@awod.com
To: dhuffman@awod.com
http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5331035 The FAA is reporting that an Atlanta-bound Comair jet with up to 50 people on board has crashed on takeoff at Blue Grass Airport, and that there are "significant casualties." MSNBC is reporting that all 50 aboard have died. Details are still very sketchy, but it appears that the plane, Comair flight 5191 bound for Atlanta, crashed at 6:07 a.m. into a field near the airport. An eyewitness told LEX 18 that he heard a large boom, then saw a bright flash of light. Stay tuned to LEX 18 for the latest information on this developing situation.
To: Sender
KLEX is built up on a hill top... lots of optical Illusions when landing 22... including the longitudinal turtle-back in the runway surface...
If I recall... isn't Versailles road on the north field boundary?
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:53:49 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
To: Solaris06
If the eyewitness is correct about the boom before the flash of light, that's disturbing.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:55:26 AM PDT
by
Carolinamom
(This is no time to go wobbly. - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
To: Stentor
But it's far more important that we don't offend Arabs by not checking every single one for dangerous items. Security need to waste their time on all those white people as well.What?
You may need to coffee up. I took that comment as sarcasm w/o the tag.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:55:33 AM PDT
by
Chuck54
( "Your right to privacy is not as important as my right to live".)
To: Wings-n-Wind
Called my friends in Versailles. Brad not on that flight. Prayers up for those who were. Lord have mercy on them all.
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:55:53 AM PDT
by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
To: DaveLoneRanger; Just Kimberly; Knuckrider; MBohman; republicanbob1; jcwky; aCDNinUSA; ...
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posted on
08/27/2006 5:57:32 AM PDT
by
SLB
(Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
To: Carolinamom
If the eyewitness is correct about the boom before the flash of light, that's disturbing. I took it to mean that the boom was the plane contacting the ground, and the flash was a fuel fire triggered seconds later.
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