The image at right shows the runway and taxiway layout at KLEX on the day of the Comair Flight 5191 accident. The blue line is the path the pilots should have taken, given the closed section of taxiway A (black X) and the re-designated taxiway A5 now taxiway A. The red line is the path actually taken by the aircraft. By the time the crew recognized something was wrong with the takeoff, the aircraft was beyond the point from which it could be stopped on the remaining available runway.
On August 27, 2006, just after 0600 Eastern time, Comair Flight 5191, a Bombardier CL-600 regional jet, began taxiing for its scheduled departure from Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) in Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. Night visual conditions prevailed. In the control tower, the lone controller busy with daily administrative duties cleared the flight to depart […]
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