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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. [history]

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: BigBlueJon

Thanks for posting the map. It looks like the captain may have stopped his taxi to the longer runway roo soon. See the dark splotch where the terminal appears to be? To get to the departure end of the long runway, he'd have to go past the departure end of the short runway and continue on a little more. It appears to me that they may have stopped the taxi and turned to their takeoff position too soon.

But what the heck was happening with the controller working tower?! Here at our local field, I've heard alert local controllers practically jump through the microphone at a clueless student pilot who read back a "hold short" instruction as a "position and hold" instruction, and then "position and hold" as "cleared fo rtakeoff." They were asked to taxi back and call the tower.


621 posted on 08/27/2006 2:40:16 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: spanalot

Yep. A 75-foot-wide runway looks a LOT different than a 15-foot-wide one. Lit vs. unlit. Gawd.


622 posted on 08/27/2006 2:42:10 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: Pukin Dog
Can you sue a company that is already in bankruptcy?
623 posted on 08/27/2006 2:42:28 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: bootless

oops.

nosie nazis = noise nazis


624 posted on 08/27/2006 2:45:37 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: AGreatPer
He gave a reason that he didn't like some weather that he was seeing. Other planes took off and I was wondering what was with this pilot?

I'd rather fly with that pilot. I don't mind waiting out weather that exceeds the pilot's personal minimums, or judgment. I respect that.

625 posted on 08/27/2006 2:47:25 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: jcs1744

Thanks!


626 posted on 08/27/2006 2:48:15 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: EGPWS
Doesn't matter for if they don't they are under the umbrella of the radar of a close by ATC.

I heard a report that ATC didn't have visual contact with the aircraft. Is is possible that the position/anti-collision lights were not illuminated?

627 posted on 08/27/2006 2:50:36 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: USNBandit
Can you sue a company that is already in bankruptcy?

I would assume that bankrupt airlines still have insurance policies.

628 posted on 08/27/2006 2:52:22 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: HAL9000
It's electronic surveillance via transponder which ATC receives aircraft identification, position, altitude, and flight parameter's in real time.
629 posted on 08/27/2006 2:54:58 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: HAL9000; Txsleuth; Cindy; SE Mom; All

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4144490.html

Aug. 27, 2006, 4:01PM
Newlyweds among plane crash victims


By WILL GRAVES Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A newlywed couple starting their honeymoon and a man who took an early flight to get home to his children were among the victims of Comair Flight 5191, friends and relatives said Sunday.

The afternoon before the crash, Scarlett Parsley had arrived in a horse drawn carriage for a fairy tale wedding to Jon Hooker.

"It was the happiest she'd been," said Jarod Martin, a longtime friend who was among the 300 people at the ceremony at Lexington's Headley-Whitley Museum. "It couldn't have been more perfect."

They were leaving for a honeymoon in California when their commuter flight to Atlanta crashed just after takeoff, killing 49 of the 50 people aboard.

"It's so tragic because he was so happy last night," said Keith Madison, who coached Hooker's baseball team at the University of Kentucky and attended the wedding. "It's just an incredible turn of events. It's really painful."

Hooker, 27, had signed a free agent with the Chicago White Sox in June 2001 and played professionally for Independent League teams in Fargo, N.D., and Joliet, Ill., before returning to his hometown. He was working as a parole counselor and social worker while Parsley, 23, was in graduate school at Kentucky, Madison said.

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks general manager Josh Buchholz said Sunday was "a sad day for Fargo." Hooker helped the Redhawks win the Independent League championship in 2003.

"He touched a lot of people's lives," Buchholz said.

A moment of silence was held for the crash victims before the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game in Phoenix, where Hooker's former Kentucky teammate Brandon Webb is a pitcher.

Another passenger, Charles Lykins of Naples, Fla., wanted an early flight Sunday so he could get home to his two young children after visiting friends and family in the Lexington area, said Paul Richardson of Winchester.

Mike Finley, 52, who lived in Corbin and owned the Finley Fun Centers, was headed to Reno, Nev., for a rollerskating convention, said his son, David Taylor.

"I'd say there's thousands of kids who grew up with our father," he said.

Rick Queen, who works for Turfway Realty in Lexington, said his father-in-law, Les Morris, was on the flight.

Queen and Taylor were both frustrated with how Delta handled the families.

"I just felt Delta ran families around this morning for three hours. I finally got some help from a Lexington firefighter," Taylor said.

The only survivor among the 50 people aboard the plane was the flight's first officer, James M. Polehinke. He was pulled from the burning wreckage by a policeman and two airport workers and taken to University of Kentucky Hospital, where he was list in critical condition.

The pilot, Jeffery Clay, had been with Comair since 1999 and became captain in 2004, Comair President Don Bornhorst said.

Flight attendant Kelly Heyer was single and lived in the Cincinnati area. He had been working for the airline since 2004 and was recently appointed base representative for the flight attendant union said Tracy Riley, a union secretary and fellow Comair flight attendant.

"He was a standup individual," Riley said. "He was very professional, loved the job."

Bornhorst described his own reaction as "complete devastation" and he lamented the frustration of the families as they awaited word.

"When tragedies like this happen, information can just not be relayed fast enough and I certainly understand the frustrations related to that," Bornhorst said.


630 posted on 08/27/2006 2:55:37 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: toldyou; COEXERJ145
I remember Katrina evacuees, who didn't leave their homes when told to, complained of being "mistreated," too, during rescues. They weren't rescued fast enough, no one fed them soon enough, etc, etc.

And they hated the Jason's sandwiches they were served. Why couldn't they have brought them red beans and rice and some chitin's?

631 posted on 08/27/2006 3:05:18 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

hehehe


632 posted on 08/27/2006 3:06:59 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: EGPWS
Also, military training and experience doesn't qualify as experience under FAA jurisdiction and they have to start from scratch after leaving the military.

No offense, but that is completely wrong. Just completely wrong. I don't know what your friend in P-3s told you, but you have to remember that the P-3 is a prop plane, not a jet. It is a very different story for jet rated aviators.

633 posted on 08/27/2006 3:07:18 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: USNBandit
You can sue, collection is another matter.
634 posted on 08/27/2006 3:08:58 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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Another news conference imminent, this time with NTSB officials.


635 posted on 08/27/2006 3:18:26 PM PDT by StAnDeliver
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To: RDTF

Thanks for the ping to this article, RDTF.

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The pilot, Jeffery Clay, had been with Comair since 1999 and became captain in 2004, Comair President Don Bornhorst said. "


636 posted on 08/27/2006 3:20:24 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: StAnDeliver

NTSB's Hersman and Cedore: (summary) No problems with the black boxes; "end scars" at the end of 26, "preliminary data" that aircraft was lined up 26 on takeoff.


637 posted on 08/27/2006 3:23:29 PM PDT by StAnDeliver
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To: RDTF

Don't know if this has been posted. Just in case not...

Below is a partial list of victims confirmed by various sources by LEX 18 of the crash of Comair flight 5191 Sunday morning, with ages and hometowns listed when possible:

Capt. Jeffrey Adam Clay, Burlington, KY (pilot)
Kelly J. Heyer, 27, Cincinnati (flight attendant)
Dan Mallory, Lexington
Leslie and Kaye Morris, Lexington
John Hooker, 27, and Scarlet Parsley Hooker, 23, London
Mike Finley, 52, London
Holly Gilbert, London
Bobby Meaux, Harrodsburg
Cecile Moscoux
Erik Harris
Bryan Byrd, Richmond
Judy Rains, Richmond
Pat Smith, Lexington
Larry Turner, Lexington
C.W. Fortney
Bart Frederick, Danville
Carole Bizzack, Richmond
George Brunacini, Lexington
Charles Lykins, Naples, FL
Jeff Williams, 49, Lexington

Source: http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5331989&nav=menu203_1_16


638 posted on 08/27/2006 3:24:00 PM PDT by jdm (I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
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To: RDTF

Thanks for pinging me, RDTF...it is heartbreaking...the personal stories.

My son is a pilot and stories like this must give me the willies...I keep wondering if I will end up as a "loved one" one day...


639 posted on 08/27/2006 3:25:14 PM PDT by Txsleuth (((((((((ISRAEL))))))) Prayers up for Steve, Olaf, and the Israeli kidnapped soldiers.)
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To: bootless
Whether or not the farmer made a correct statement about the runway,

NTSB briefing confirms they were on 26. Scars at the end of the runway, plus digital flight recorder says they were on 260 heading.

As we already knew, wrong runway.

640 posted on 08/27/2006 3:26:04 PM PDT by El Gato
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