9NEWS

Lone survivor of Kentucky plane crash released from hospital

James Polehinke, co-pilot of Comair Flight 5191, had been at the University of Kentucky Hospital since the Aug. 27 crash in a farm field just outside Blue Grass Airport. University spokesman Jay ...
ABC 36 News

Kentuckians reflect on Comair Flight 5191 crash after Louisville UPS tragedy

Following the deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentuckians recall the 2006 Comair Flight 5191 disaster at Blue Grass ...
Independent Record

Family of co-pilot who survived says he does not remember accident

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Doctors have amputated the left leg of a co-pilot whose plane crashed on takeoff after turning onto the wrong runway, and he does not remember the accident that killed 49 people, ...
9NEWS

Pilot noted lack of lights before crash

Forty-nine of the 50 people on board Comair Flight 5191 died on Aug. 27 after the plane took off in the dark from a runway too short for a passenger jet. The plane struggled to get into the air and ...

Here’s a look at KY’s deadliest aviation disasters in wake of Louisville UPS plane crash

At about 7 p.m. Nov. 8, 1965, American Airlines Flight 383 was traveling nonstop from New York City to Cincinnati when it ...
WLTX19

Lone Survivor Doesn't Remember Crash

LEXINGTON, Ky. - His family says co-pilot James Polehinke doesn't remember the crash that killed 49 others aboard his Comair commuter flight.A statement also says doctors at a Lexington, Kentucky, ...
Rutland Herald

Air traffic controller had back turned

The sole survivor, first officer James Polehinke, was in critical condition Tuesday. The air traffic controller had an unobstructed view of the runways and had cleared the aircraft for takeoff from ...
Tulsa World

Co-pilot can't recall crash, relatives say

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Doctors have amputated the left leg of a co-pilot whose plane crashed on takeoff after turning onto the wrong runway, and he does not remember the accident that killed 49 people, his ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Investigator says plane veered down wrong runway when air traffic controller turned his back

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Investigators say it only took a moment: The lone traffic controller at Blue Grass Airport cleared a flight for takeoff, then turned his back to handle administrative work. What ...
Post-Bulletin

Airline says pilots violated cockpit conversation rule

WASHINGTON — As they went through preflight checklists, the pilots of a commuter jet that took off from the wrong runway made polite conversation, chatting about their families, their pets and job ...
The Washington Post

Ky. Crash Survivor Says Thanks

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 21 -- The co-pilot and lone survivor of the Kentucky plane crash that killed 49 people said Thursday that he thinks about the victims daily and expressed his "heartfelt sympathy" to ...