Delta Connection 5191. Ten Years Ago
Aug 27, 2016, 11:12 am
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Delta Connection 5191. Ten Years Ago
Delta Connection 5191 operated by Comair crashed while trying to take off out of Lexington, KY on a flight to Atlanta. The flight crew made a mistake and turned onto the wrong runway which was too short for the CRJ-200 to takeoff from. 49 of the 50 people onboard died in the accident. The only survivor was the first officer.
Aug 27, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Delta Connection 5191 operated by Comair crashed while trying to take off out of Lexington, KY on a flight to Atlanta. The flight crew made a mistake and turned onto the wrong runway which was too short for the CRJ-200 to takeoff from. 49 of the 50 people onboard died in the accident. The only survivor was the first officer.
Aug 27, 2016, 4:06 pm
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Yeah a friend of mine was flying SDF-CVG that morning and I'll always remember the fear I felt when I heard a Delta flight had crashed in Kentucky.
Aug 27, 2016, 4:17 pm
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Delta Connection 5191 operated by Comair crashed while trying to take off out of Lexington, KY on a flight to Atlanta. The flight crew made a mistake and turned onto the wrong runway which was too short for the CRJ-200 to takeoff from. 49 of the 50 people onboard died in the accident. The only survivor was the first officer.
I just noticed today that 8/26 has been removed from airport diagrams. I wonder if they pulled it up or just closed it.
As with many accidents, there were many contributing factors, but I agree with the NTSB, this is primarily the pilot's fault.
Aug 27, 2016, 4:51 pm
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Aug 29, 2016, 5:56 pm
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Comair 5191 Anniversary
I'm a little late with this but this past Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the Comair 5191 crash in Lexington, KY that killed 49 passengers and crew. I was living in Lexington at the time and had taken that Sunday morning flight to Atlanta many many times. Really hit home. Lexington is not a large city and many people had connections to its passengers. May all 49 sounds rest in piece.
Aug 29, 2016, 9:48 pm
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Hard to believe it's been that long. I was working in a dispatch center and as soon as we saw the wreckage location on overhead video from a helicopter, it wasn't hard to figure out that they'd tried to takeoff on RWY 26 (3500ft long, which was way too short for a fully loaded CRJ) instead of RWY 22 (7000ft). From what I recall from the time, the RWY lights on 26 weren't even on, which should have been a major red flag.
I just noticed today that 8/26 has been removed from airport diagrams. I wonder if they pulled it up or just closed it.
As with many accidents, there were many contributing factors, but I agree with the NTSB, this is primarily the pilot's fault.
I just noticed today that 8/26 has been removed from airport diagrams. I wonder if they pulled it up or just closed it.
As with many accidents, there were many contributing factors, but I agree with the NTSB, this is primarily the pilot's fault.
Aug 30, 2016, 5:26 am
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Delta Connection 5191 operated by Comair crashed while trying to take off out of Lexington, KY on a flight to Atlanta. The flight crew made a mistake and turned onto the wrong runway which was too short for the CRJ-200 to takeoff from. 49 of the 50 people onboard died in the accident. The only survivor was the first officer.
Occasionally, good can come from bad and 5191, among other reasons, sunk COMAIR and its base in Cincinnati. Good for DL for letting it go.
I like the Cincinnati Airport, but the old COMAIR Terminal 3, or was it C?, was a pit.
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I get some Mayday episodes on The Weather Channel, but I haven't noticed one based on this flight.
May 11, 2021, 10:12 am
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Lived in Lexington during this crash. I took that flight many times on Sunday mornings to Atlanta to connect to LAX while i was a training manager for a company our west. Such a sad case of 100% human error.
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This is not 15 years anniversary yet! The exact date is on August 27. You have wait for next few months.
Here's Wikipedia of Comair flight # 5191.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_5191
Here's Wikipedia of Comair flight # 5191.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_5191