A Look At Flight 5191

[jspivak86]

a distant cousin of mine was on the flight RIP

[ThisIsULTRA]

Wow, Why so many mistakes from different sources????...!!!

Thank you for your video! I appriciate it.

[lostindiancamp]

Weren't these the same pilots that boarded the wrong plane at the airport before boarding this one and making this fatal mistake?

[ElBarto3131]

How can the pilot be that stupid to take off on the wrong runway that's unlit?

[nbmanno]

my friends dad was on the plane. R.I.P

[DCFunBud]

The single air traffic controller was doing "administrative duties," i.e., paperwork at the time of the crash. He didn't even bother to look up to see if the aircraft was on the right runway. Also, how did the pilots initially get on the wrong plane! To save, money the airport was woefully understaffed. I think the pilots felt that the running of the airport was so slipshod that the fact that the lights were not turned on at the runway was par for the course that morning.

[CallOfDutyInterview]

I remeber th day this happened. :( One of my friends Uncles was killed in the crash.

[popnstart]

A "rampworker" has to tell the pilots which plane to get on?? What is this flying business coming to?

[navajopa31]

The directional gyro and the flight director would both show the aircraft heading when positioned for takeoff. It would have shown 260 degrees if they were on the correct runway. 40 degrees is a lot of difference. I did this for 35 years. They did not see the difference. No one knows why.

[mscloud22]

I live in lexington, and i live like 5 mins away from the airport. and i saw the smoke and everything.

[ASRBanshee]

This is what makes regional pilots what they are, and major U.S pilots what they are. Word of advice, fly out of bigger airports where there are more major U.S airlines to your destination. There are plenty of instruments in the cockpit indicating what heading your are on, how the hell do these guys not know what runway they take off from. This is embarrassing, and shows how inadequate some pilots are for their jobs.

[boomer757]

Halo3 music?

Rip

[bluepanther1011]

I remeber that plane crash. I was at LEX 2 days before that flying to Chicago. Good thing now their making the short runway seperate from the airfleid.

[BrandonKY81]

I worked on the ramp for comair in Lexington that day . I WILL always REMEMBER you Michael Noelle Ryan . You will always be a good friend i looked up to. Thank you

[nastypop]

My English teacher is cousin of the f/o that survived :| i kinda feel lucky just knowing her, knowing him!! :|

[Rockdog1961]

This is sad and tragic and I'm sure anybody involved in this crash did not want to die, but it happened and people want to know why. Some people fault the airport, and some the pilots. I say there were a lot of bad elements the led up to this disaster. I think most of them are obvious but one that sticks in my mind the most is the runway numbering. Why are the 2 take off runways so close numerically? 22 and 26 are so close. Maybe if one of them were 35 or 17 or whatever, it may have reg

[YeaSon2008]

@Rockdog1961 Airport runways are numbered according to their magnetic heading. Runway 22 faces approximately 220 degrees magnetic, and runway 26 faces approximately 260 degrees magnetic. The runways are constructed so that they align with the prevailing winds of a certain area. In Lexington, seems like winds most often come from around 220-260, and so it works in an aircraft's favor to have appropriate runways as such. Hence, the runway numbers are very close together.

[allofmyself]

the pilots shouldn't take all the blame, i am a pilot and the runways are very confusing at LEX, i almost made the same mistake, only in a cessna 172, the pilots should have caught the mistake earlier, and the controller should have been watching and stopped them

[Wat2callmyself]

just like to say how ironic the only person to servive was one of the fools that caused the crash....no matter what any1 says it was the pilot and co pilots idiocracy that caused the death of my uncle and many others....dnt make excuses,listen to the recordings its clear that the people in control were at fault and should be made to blame for this tragedy...its called MANSLAUGHTER!!!!

[myTBismyBF]

i know someone whose uncle was on that flight. rest in peace.

[RebusValstay]

God bless the lost souls and the surviving officer on this flight. This was clearly an accident waiting to happen at this airport due to its current configuration. Shame that FAA policy has to be written on the coffins of lost souls.

[flexidancaxXx]

it s because of the pilots joking about that my family and all the other familys have lost loved ones....fly from ireland to my uncles funeral on the day of my bday!!!miss you michael Ryan,see you again some day!!

[Iamfukenripped]

I truely dont understand how that could happen. I feel so bad for those poor passengers and crew.

[mattxr2i]

It really scares me that in our modern time things like this still happen. It especialy scares me because my wife is a flight attendant for Comair.

[poopsyproductions]

And the co-pilot most certanly didn't deserve any death threats! God bless all who died. And may they all rest in peace...

[Chkee97]

This is the only thing I agree with you on. James was a good pilot and is a good person. My check captain at Comair trained him. He agrees that they both broke sterility policy. But, James has to live with the burden for the rest of his life and that is bad enough.

[poopsyproductions]

A pilots job is one of the most stressful sometimes. God bless all.

[pelagic6]

A crash immediately after takeoff is always the worst, full of fuel and BOOM

[bellaitaliano1]

God bless all the victims in this deadly crash.

[caneycreeker123]

I hope and pray all of these victims knew the Lord as their Savior and I pray for God to give all the family members the strength needed to cope with their losses.

[auntmaddie7]

a year from that day my family took a flight from that airport, same day a year before

[auntmaddie7]

this is so sad, everytime i see this i cry

[mchmt55116]

my dad was almost on that plane.thank god he was late. i am so happy he was late, and yet sad for all of the people that died.

[poopsyproductions]

You are like the 18th person i've seen say that. Almost unbelievable to hear that from 18 people. Sorry guys but people lie for attention on the internet. I don't think 18 people's dad didn't make it. If it's true then glad to hear. Sad still. Anytime a crash happens on a airline route, the flight number is changed. Comair will never again use 191. Halo 3 music wtf? Tigger12108 is right. It wasn't even the pilots nor the air traffics fault. But the dispatcher leaving only one person there.

[Chkee97]

poopsy, you've got to be a retard if you believe all the crap you have been posting on the 5191 videos. Pilots were at fault for not cross checking and violating sterile cockpit rules set forth by Comair. Controller nor the airport was at fault. NOTAMs were available warning of closures. Infact, I still have the original NOTAM, as I flew out of KLEX that day myself. It was satisfactory. FAA takes the rest of the blame, as you said, for only having 1 person on duty.

[poopsyproductions]

You flew out that day yourself! Yeah and i am the head of the blue angels, and yesterday we flew from lexington to los angeles!

[Kyrose711]

@mchmt55116 : Understand how you feel...I'm a former gate agent with Comair. Although I didn't work there at the time, 5191 was a full flight. Your father was late to get on the flight, but someone took his place. More than likely a standbye passenger. It was a horrible accident. My heart goes out to everyone who lost their lives. This will be the 5 yr anniversary, of that flight, I just hope they remember the families and crew that lost their lives!

[Tigger12108]

I was born in lexington kentucky. Guys its not the pilots fault it is the air traffic control. only 1 person was working. i have sympathy for the familys and feel terrible for the accident.

[biffwebster81]

Wrong, plain and simple. It WAS the pilot's fault. If I remember correctly it was dark, and NO LIGHTS were on on the wrong runway they used. Read the CVR transcripts, these two were not payng attention at all. Glad the first officer lived, but he should never be aloud in an aircraft again.

[djtrumpet11]

It was both the pilots' and airport's fault. The pilots' because they weren't paying attention. It was the airport's fault that the control tower was understaffed.

[Chkee97]

The airport was not at fault by any means. The FAA staffs all fields, they set the schedules and they make sure their employees staff the facilities provided to them by the airport. The burden of understaffing falls directly on the FAA and no one else.

[poopsyproductions]

and what the fuck are you to blame people for? It wasn't fucking on purpose! It wasn't terrorism! Realize humans make mistakes! FUCK YOU!!! Your lucky you don't have negatives! I get so pissed when people do this!

[bluepanther1011]

@biffwebster81 And the pilots had achol in their system. Plus the ATC should have been guiding the plane into the right runway.

[speedup2X]

@biffwebster81 well he cant really fly again anyway, he had to get his left leg amputated n is confined to a wheelchair now

[lexlaw007]

@biffwebster81 it was pilot error - the compass would have shown them they were on the wrong runway. Have mercy for the one who survived - it was human error that can happen to any of us, and the pilots were not on drugs/alcohol. It was a tragic error.

[piccolami6190]

i had a cuzin on tht plane...

it was very painful 2 get a call from my fam in KY about sumthin lyke this

[babyduck198718]

I remember this. I was going to Lexington when this happened. Traffic was diverted through back roads and through Nicholasville. Very tragic:(

[cuteshoes77]

darn.. i lice in ky..born in lexington but moved to a diff part when i was 2..my dads friend was on the plane..we were devastated to here this :/

[babyduck198718]

I was born in Lexington, KY too and have lived there and Versailles my whole life.

[TheFuriousFist]

Halo?

[caitlyn13gymnastics]

This is very good! but its kinda werid because it shows lex18 but the person talking isn't from lex18.

[hamptonunitedmethodi]

You can still hear Nancy Cox and I think Chase Cain talking

[porchplayer11]

idiot - wow - my nephew was on that plane - i know what happened.

[TehSpooky]

Sorry to hear that, but you don't have to repeat it a million times.

[jpg0572]

How do you feel about TWA800?

[47scmefly]

This is something difficult to understand.

Being from the Lexington area with local friends and family on board, time does heal the hurt, but we will never forget.

[ancestron]

I am sorry for your loss, porchplayer.

It is scary to think that everytime we board a plane, we are putting our lives in the hands of a stranger.

My heart goes out to you and your family.

[17rzr17]

does anyone know the name of this song?

[amsTsi]

HALO3

[porchplayer11]

ny newphew erik john harris was on this plane along with 48 others that died on this and this has messed up many lives but you know what the---- faa got out of this blame - cause the governmental bullshit this has the power of our country - no of coutse they put the blame on everyone else but themselves- of course - they are a bunch of highrolling a- holes -

[xnightmare200]

im sorry for yur loss man.....

[damageinc21]

the faa didn't put that plane on that runway idiot.

[porchplayer11]

idiot - wow-- my nephew was on that plane - and know all the details - idiot

[mkc3929]

sorry bud

[ukaaay]

I thank you for spending your time on making this video.the crash touched everyone in lexington in a different way.

[hamptonunitedmethodi]

I'm glad they used LEX 18 News(WLEX),27 Newsfist(WKYT),and Action News 36 (WTVQ)

[hamptonunitedmethodi]

and also if you want more info on the plain crah go to one of the above news station website. A big thanks to Nacy Cox and Kevin Christopher on LEX 18 News. Sam Dick and Amber Philpot on 27 Newsfirst. Don Hudson and Megan Newquist on Action News 36.

[hamptonunitedmethodi]

*Correction-Nancy Cox

[17rzr17]

very good song I could hear the crash from my house I thought it was a storm realizing the great tragedy on the news I could see a light through the trees.

[M4800]

Whats the song in the begining? It really is perfect to set the mood of the video. A horrible crash, Poor first officer...

[chokemorchikin]

did anyone notice besides me the halo theme song?

[msoloe]

one of my dearest friends was on this flight, she had finally found Love and her and her finacee was on their way to get married. She will be deeply missed.

[knightwolf4876]

i was over at keenland race track right acrose the road from the airport the day before for a car show and saw the next morning on the news i wend to the airport a week later and sign the banner for the famlys

[SPARKY0422]

I had a connecting flight in Atlanta bound for Athens earlier that morning on Delta (owner of Commair) I heard the news on CNN when I arrived in Greece. Scary stuff and I sympathize with the families left behind.

[JackARoo06]

This happened the first couple of days after I started at the University of Kentucky...it was scary because I fly out of Bluegrass regularly. RIP.

[inikoda]

My cousin was on the flight. That was a grim day for my family. His name was C.W. Fortney.

[senuneena]

that is so sad:(may god bless his soul.heaven!

[porchplayer11]

so sorry my nephew was on that plane erik john harris

[SimiV15]

I had no idea this happened didnt say anything about it on tv in california

[canadianwing]

Hey. It`s so sad what happend. I feel so sorry about. Thankyou for this video. and what is the background song from?

[JarheadMarine]

It is my understanding that these 2 pilots routinely piloted this flight from Lexington to Atlanta. Runway 22 and 26 have different headings. I am sure the plane had a compass and worked properly. Seems logical that 1 of the 2 pilots would notice this. Albeit, I do know runway repaving altered taxi route patterns but, don't flight plans start with the initial heading? I am very sorry for families and friends of the deceased. God bless you all.

[cbreitel]

I don't agree. The FAA violated its own rules by allowing only one controller in the tower. That one controller had his back turned to the plane when it took off. If he had seen the plane, he could have visually recognized that it was on the wrong runway and informed the pilot. If there were 2 controllers, 1 controller could have maintained a visual on the plane until take-off. This was pilot error that could have been prevented by the controller and FAA.

[jwstaton]

It's my understanding (with very few hours of flight training) that when the controller clears the aircraft for takeoff, then it's out of their hand and they're no longer responsible. However, you do make valid points.

[wg40504]

@cbreitel There were plenty of signs that things where not right, for example the cockpit voice recorders showed that the pilots noticed that the lights on the runway they were on where not turned on but the lights on the cross runway were turned on, that should have been more then enough of a clue to them that maybe maybe they made a mistake. This is not all the FAAs fault

[jwstaton]

I agree. The purpose of the video was not to place blame on any one certain person or group - just to document the event itself.

[vettedriver]

This was not the fault of the controller. Each pilot had a VFD that would have displayed a heading of 260 at takeoff. Also, there is a manual compass in the middle that would have displayed a heading of 260. This accident is clearly the result of pilot and co-pilot issues.

[c172kid]

Plus and airport chart. Which tells the type of lighting it has. It was the pilots mistake, and my guess is that they fell into the one "Sickness" pilots can get.

[gwh123456]

My company lost 2 clients on that plane. I fly small planes out of lexington, no blame should be placed on the controllers. The crash was just a result of an error by the pilots.

[feltwiener69]

Amen!

[porchplayer11]

my nephew was on that plane

[Ztiloj]

One of the victims used to go to my school, and on Monday , it was so sad. . A lot of people were crying and lots of emotion. Thanks for sharing this.

[koshomio]

IT was dark what a idiot planes take off at night more often than daylight.Bringing up the darkness is a foolish statment this a error on the pilot or air traffic controll a human error,either they were not paying attention (pilots)or traffic controll were confused.

[porchplayer11]

my nephew was on that plane

[porchplayer11]

my nephew was on that plane - check out myspace music page -porchplayer - there is a song i wrote to him.