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Flight 5191 investigator becomes NTSB chair

Debbie Hersman, who became the public face of the National Transportation Safety Board in the wake of the 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191, was sworn in Tuesday as that agency's chairman.

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Berean honored for Flight 5191 response

Kevin Mink was eating pancakes with a Lexington police officer when Comair Flight 5191 crashed in a farm field near the Bluegrass airport.

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Another lawsuit filed

Another lawsuit filed

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Lawyers disagree on crash suit strategies

A rift is developing among lawyers representing the families of victims of the Comair crash over how the case should be handled. The dispute is essentially about money -- both the lawyers' fees and the amount paid to families.

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Survivor's condition upgraded to fair

Medical specialists treating James Polehinke, co-pilot and sole survivor of the Comair Flight 5191 crash, upgraded his condition from serious to fair yesterday morning, said a spokesman for the University of Kentucky Hospital.

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Survivor's surgery goes as planned

James Polehinke, 44, the co-pilot and sole survivor in the Comair Flight 5191 crash, underwent surgery yesterday to stabilize a spinal fracture, said University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital officials.

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Co-pilot expected to leave hospital next week for rehab

The co-pilot and sole survivor in the Comair crash will undergo surgery today to stabilize a spinal fracture and could leave the hospital next week for rehab, according to his doctor, who said he "wants very much to get better."

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Plaintiffs seek suable airport board

An attorney for the families of two Comair crash victims wants the Kentucky General Assembly to pass special legislation to allow the Blue Grass Airport board to be sued for liability in the Aug. 27 crash.

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Runway examined for evidence

Dozens of lawyers and experts converged on Blue Grass Airport's runways and taxiways yesterday in search of any thread of evidence that might help determine culpability in the Comair Flight 5191 crash that killed 49 people.

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Polehinke enters Cardinal Hill for rehab

The only survivor of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 was released from the University of Kentucky Hospital yesterday to begin rehabilitation, and his mother said he will eventually "walk out of the state of Kentucky."

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Co-pilot, who was lone survivor, loses his left leg

Doctors at the University of Kentucky Hospital have amputated the severely injured left leg of James Polehinke, the co-pilot of Comair Flight 5191 and its only survivor, according to a statement released yesterday by his family.

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