Part 10: Kentucky

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This plane crash takes us to the state of Kentucky, which is located next to the following states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH

 Pictured above is the cockpit of the plane after the crash

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Pictured above is the cockpit of the plane after the crash.

Comair Flight 5191 (marked as Delta Connection Flight 5191 under a codeshare with Delta Airlines), registered as November 431 Charlie Alpha (N431CA), was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX), Lexington, Kentucky to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL), Atlanta, Georgia, on the morning of the 27th of August 2006, at around 06:07am EDT (10:07am UTC), the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER crashed while attempting to takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 6.4 kilometres west of the central business district of the city of Lexington, the crash killed 49 people, the sole survivor was the First Officer, James Polehinke.

The plane was cleared to takeoff from Runway 22, a 7,003 foot (2,135 meter) long runway, however the Captain taxied the plane onto Runway 26, a smaller unlit runway, the Captain changed the controls over to First Officer Polehinke, the ATC controller turned to admin duties, at a speed that was approaching 100 knots (190 kilometres per hour), the First Officer remarked that they're were no lights, he was referring to the lack of lighting on Runway 26, the Captain called for rotation, the aircraft sped off the end of the runway before it could lift off, it struck a low wall adjacent to a ditch, becoming airborne momentarily, the plane clipped the airport perimeter fence with it's landing gear and it smashed into trees, separating the fuselage and the flight deck from the tail, the plane struck the ground about 1,000 feet (300 meters) from the end of the runway, the resulting fire destroyed the aircraft.

The summary of the crash was Takeoff from the wrong runway due to pilot error.

Pictured below is the airport the plane took off from, the red line is the actual path the plane took from Runway 26, the line ends at the approximate crash site and the blue line was the desired path for the plane to use Runway 22 for a safe takeoff.

Pictured below is the airport the plane took off from, the red line is the actual path the plane took from Runway 26, the line ends at the approximate crash site and the blue line was the desired path for the plane to use Runway 22 for a safe takeoff

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Below is a video, which explains what happened that day, video credit goes to The Flight Channel on Youtube.


Below is a more updated video on what happened that day, video credit goes to The Flight Channel on Youtube, the channel rereleased the video, so its the more updated on on the channel.

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