Plane Crash
Aug. 27th, 2006 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7I slept astoundingly well last night. Was awakened by a ringing phone instead of my alarm clock - my mom called at 8:35 to ask if I've seen the news. No, as I'm still in bed.
Drag myself to the living room, kick over to WLEX, and there's the news. A ComAir flight from Lexington to Atlanta crashed right after takeoff. 49 or 50 people on board. Right now, only one survivor is being reported - the FAA is saying "significant fatalities." The word coming out of Bluegrass Airport is that the plane wound up on the wrong runway (Bluegrass has 4).
More to come.
Drag myself to the living room, kick over to WLEX, and there's the news. A ComAir flight from Lexington to Atlanta crashed right after takeoff. 49 or 50 people on board. Right now, only one survivor is being reported - the FAA is saying "significant fatalities." The word coming out of Bluegrass Airport is that the plane wound up on the wrong runway (Bluegrass has 4).
More to come.
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Date: 2006-08-27 02:57 pm (UTC)The plane caught fire when it crashed, and airport fire crews put it out quickly. The fuselage is being described as mostly intact. The surviving crewman was pulled out by a Lexington fireman and policeman. Flight data recorders have been found.
A temporary morgue is being set up onsite, and the state forensic investigator has arrived.
Blue Grass Airport has been reopened, and at least three flights have left since the crash.