The crash of Comair Flight 5191

Tom Eblen: 5191 memorial all about community, healing

People took photos of the sculpture following the dedication of the 5191 Memorial held in The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky on Alumni Dr. in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, August 27, 2011. More than 600 people, many of them family members of the victims, came to see the sculpture unveiled. Douwe Blumberg created the piece to honor the 49 lives lost in the August 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191. Charles Bertram | Staff

Time does not heal all wounds, as speakers reminded those who gathered Saturday at the University of Kentucky Arboretum to dedicate a memorial to those who died aboard Flight 5191. But time, and an outpouring of community compassion and support, ...

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THE CRASH OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191

Lead investigator still chokes up when recalling Flight 5191

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.
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.
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.
NEWS

Flight 5191 sculpture unveiling scheduled for Aug. 27

A sculpture honoring the 49 people who died in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 will be unveiled this month at a service commemorating the fifth anniversary of the crash.
THE CRASH OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191

Flight 5191 memorial to be dedicated on fifth anniversary of crash

A memorial to the 49 people who died in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington will be dedicated Aug. 27, the fifth anniversary of the disaster, the commission in charge of the memorial announced Thursday.
THE CRASH OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191

Judge postpones Comair Flight 5191 trial

A federal judge postponed Thursday a civil trial that had been set to begin next month to decide whether Comair owes tens of millions of dollars in punitive damages to the widow of a victim in the August 2006 Lexington plane crash.
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.
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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.
THE CRASH OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191

Judge sets July date for Comair trial

A jury trial on punitive damages in a case pitting the family of a victim of the August 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 against the airline has been scheduled for July 19 in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
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.