Flight 5191 - breaking news

Lead investigator still chokes up when recalling Flight 5191

Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation and Safety Board spoke at a press conference in Lexington on the morning of the crash, Aug. 27, 2006.

Even now, five years later, Deborah Hersman can't stop herself from choking up when she talks about the day Comair Flight 5191 crashed at Blue Grass Airport.

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FAYETTE COUNTY

400 family and friends of Flight 5191 victims to attend memorial unveiling

On Aug. 27, 2006, Comair Flight 5191 went down the wrong runway and crashed at Blue Grass Airport. At 10 a.m. Saturday, five years later to the day, a memorial sculpture in the victims' honor will be unveiled at the University of Kentucky Arboretum.

270 days ago
FAYETTE COUNTY

Sole survivor of Flight 5191 won't attend memorial service

The sole survivor of Comair Flight 5191 won't be attending an event on Saturday to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the plane crash, according to his mother.

270 days ago
FRANKLIN COUNTY

Court rules that widow of Comair crash victim should get benefits

FRANKFORT — The widow of a pilot who was a passenger on Comair Flight 5191 can seek workers' compensation payments because her husband was on his way to work when the plane crashed in August 2006, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

703 days ago
FLIGHT 5191 - BREAKING NEWS

Comair 5191 memorial will be sculpture of 49 silver birds in flight

Silver birds – 49 of them – sweeping up into the sky, each representing one of the lives lost in the August 2006 crash of Comair 5191, are to adorn part of the Arboretum in Lexington.

717 days ago
XLOCAL

Comair disputes damages awarded to daughters of Flight 5191 crash victim

Comair and the family of a man who died in the August 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington are arguing over whether compensatory damages awarded by a jury for the crash victim's two daughters are too high.

836 days ago
LATEST LOCAL, STATE NEWS

Comair pilots a 'substantial factor' in crash

Pilot negligence was a "substantial factor" in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington in August 2006, U.S. District Senior Judge Karl Forester has ruled.

884 days ago
XLOCAL

$7.1M verdict awarded in 5191 case

A U.S. District Court jury returned a $7.1 million verdict Monday to the family of a Comair Flight 5191 victim, WKYT-TV reported.

895 days ago
FAYETTE COUNTY

Airport can't be held liable for Comair Flight 5191 crash, Supreme Court rules

Lexington's Blue Grass Airport and its board members cannot be held legally responsible for the 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 that killed 49 people, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.

962 days ago
FAYETTE COUNTY

Let us gather to mourn, to heal

1362 days ago