The crew
Comair Chief Executive Officer Don Bornhorst released the names of three members of the Comair crew who were on the flight that crashed outside Lexington Blue Grass International Airport this morning. They are:
The pilot, Capt. Jeff Clay, who has been an employee of Comair since 1999: First Officer Jim Paulhinky, been an employee since 2002, and flight attendant Kelley Hire, a male, who has been an employee since 2004.
Fifty people were on the flight. Authorities have confirmed that one crew member survived and was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital.