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Comair Flight 191 A CRJ-100ER in Comair livery at the gate in Jacksonville, Florida Incident summary Date August 27, 2006 Type Pilot error, Runway confusion Site Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky Passengers 47 Crew 3 Injuries 1 Fatalities 49 Survivors 1 Aircraft type Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-100ER Comair Flight 191, or Delta Air Lines Flight 5191, was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia, operated on behalf of Delta Connection by Comair. On the morning of August 27, 2006, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER that was being used for the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, four miles (6 kilometers) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington. The aircraft was assigned the airport's Runway 22 for the takeoff, but used Runway 26 instead. Runway 26 was too short for a safe takeoff, causing the aircraft to overrun the end of the runway before it could become airborne. It crashed just past the end of the runway, killing all 47 passengers and two of the three crew. The flight's first officer was the only survivor.[1][2][3] Contents [hide] 1 Flight details 2 Crash 3 Victims 4 Survivor 5 Aftermath 6 Probable cause 7 Similar accidents and incidents 8 See also 9 References 10 External links // Flight details The flight was sold under the Delta brand as Delta The flight had been scheduled to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 7:18 a.m. The aircraft involved was a 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER, serial number 7472.[4] Manufactured in Canada in January 2001, it was delivered to the airline on January 30, 2001. The crew consisted of Captain Jeffrey Clay, 35, who was hired by Comair in November 1999; First Officer James M. Polehinke, 44, who was hired in March 2002; and flight attendant Kelly Heyer, 27, hired in July 2004. First Officer James M. Polehinke was the sole survivor of the crash. Crash Approximate paths at Blue Grass Airport (picture before airport construction done weeks before the crash): Desired path via Runway 22 Actual path via Runway 26, ending at approximate crash site. X marks the closed taxiway Analysis of the cockpit voice recorder indicated the aircraft was cleared to take off from Runway 22, a 7,003-foot (2,135 meter) strip used by most airline traffic at Lexington.[5] Instead, after confirming "Runway two-two," Captain Jeffrey Clay taxied onto Runway 26, an unlit secondary runway only 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long,[6] and turned the controls over to First Officer James Polehinke for takeoff.[7] | ||||
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