The crash of Comair Flight 5191

On Aug. 12, artist Douwe Blumberg held a canister containing items from family members of one of the victims as he partially assembled the sculpture. Each bird in the Flight 5191 Memorial has space for mementos.

Flight 5191 Memorial: The story behind a sculpture of remembrance

Read how artist Douwe Blumberg created the Comair flight 5191 memorial, and the inspiration behind the 49 metal birds that rise skyward.

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FAYETTE COUNTY

Families see hope, peace in new memorial to Flight 5191

Five years, four hours and a few minutes after Comair Flight 5191 went down in Lexington, a soaring memorial to the 49 people killed in the crash took wing with an emotional dedication.

275 days ago
TOM EBLEN

Tom Eblen: 5191 memorial all about community, healing

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, has helped the healing process.

275 days ago
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.

276 days ago
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.

278 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.

278 days ago
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.

301 days ago
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.

396 days ago
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.

501 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.

711 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.

725 days ago