09-02-2006
Suits filed in Comair crash
By Andrew Wolfson, Tom Loftus and Elisabeth Beardsley
The Courier-Journal
As the first lawsuits were filed yesterday by families of Comair Flight 5191 victims, aviation law experts said plaintiffs can expect to recover several million dollars each, depending on earnings and life expectancies of those who died.
09-01-2006
Cockpit device might have prevented crash
By Duncan Mansfield
Associated Press
A cockpit warning system used by only a few commercial airlines might have prevented the deadly Comair jet crash last weekend if the plane had been equipped with the $18,000 piece of technology, a former top federal safety official says.
08-31-2006
Plane Crash Puts Focus on New Technology
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer
4:50 PM PDT, August 31, 2006
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A cockpit warning system used by only a few commercial airlines might have prevented the deadly Comair jet crash last weekend if the plane had been equipped with the $18,000 piece of technology, a former top federal safety official says.
08-29-2006
Crew member voiced concern about lack of runway lights
By Jon Hilkevitch and Charles Sheehan
Chicago Tribune
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The co-pilot of a Comair commuter jet was at the controls accelerating the plane down a runway too short for a successful takeoff when he or the captain voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday.
08-29-2006
Service Thursday for Plainwell couple who died in air crash
By Rex Hall Jr.
rhall@kalamazoogazette.com 388-7784
A Plainwell couple killed in a plane crash near Ormond Beach, Fla., will be remembered Thursday during a service at Richland Bible Church.
08-29-2006
Pilots Of Comair Jet Had Voiced Concerns Prior To Crash
Story by The Regional News Service
Published August 29, 2006
(Lexington, KY) The pilots of a Comair commuter jet accelerating down a runway too short for a successful takeoff voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday night.
08-29-2006
Pilots missed clues in fatal crash
By Jon Hilkevitch and Charles Sheehan, Tribune staff reporters
Published August 29, 2006
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The pilots of a Comair commuter jet accelerating down a runway too short for a successful takeoff voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday night.
08-27-2006
Law firm says plane unsafe Authorities say weather likely caused crash that killed Plainwell couple
By Stephanie Esters
Sunday, August 27, 2006
The type of airplane that crashed in Florida on Friday afternoon, killing a Plainwell couple, is the subject of a lawsuit by a Chicago law firm.
08-27-2006
Commuter jet Comair Flight 5191 taking off for Atlanta crashed just passed the runway
LEXINGTON, KY. -- A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field yesterday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor -- a co-pilot -- in critical condition.
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