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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Live Cheap, Die Cheap..... Warning... Human error may cause death

Forty-nine people were killed today when a Comair passenger plane crashed just after takeoff in Lexington, Ky. One person survived the crash and was hospitalized. No immediate reason was given for the crash, but witnesses said in television interviews that they saw smoke and fire.

There were 47 passengers and three crew members on Comair flight 5191, which was traveling from Lexington to Atlanta, the airline’s president, Don Bornhorst, said.

The University of Kentucky hospital reported that the one survivor was in critical condition, according to The Associated Press. The Fayette County coroner’s office confirmed the 49 deaths.

Comair is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, based in Cincinnati. Mr. Bornhorst said at a televised news conference that the jet, operated by his airline as a Delta Connection commuter flight, crashed shortly after 6 a.m. about half a mile from the end of the runway in a wooded area.

“We can not speculate on the cause of this accident,” he said.

Asked whether the plane could have taken off from the wrong runway, which was a shorter one, officials at a news conference declined to comment and said there was an investigation taking place.

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