Lexington TV station keeps saying that the lone survivor “the co pilot” was in the jump seat??? I wonder who was in the right seat?
Could have been a check pilot???
I think it is more likely that the news people just don’t know the difference between a jumpseat and the right seat. One of the Cincinnati stations kept saying it was an 80 seat version of the CRJ this morning…with the standard “expert” who stated that it was “probably an engine problem”.
How can I make it bigger. I took the picture from airlines.net then went to Photobucket and put it on here. So can you change the size of the picture or not??
In 1993, the pilot of an air carrier filed a report with the NASA ASRS (aviation safety reporting system) after nearly departing from runway 26 when instructed to depart from runway 22 at Lexington. The report reads: “Aircarft was cleared for immediate takeoff (traffic was inside the marker) on runway 22 at KLEX. We taxied onto the runway and told tower we needed a moment to check our departure routing with our weather radar (storms were in the area, raining at the airport). We realized our heading was not currect for our assigned runway and at that moment, tower called ust o cancel the takeoff clearance because we were lined up on runway 26. We taxied clear and then held short of runway 22 for landing traffic. We took off on runway 22 and proceedd without incident. Possible contributing factors were poor visibbility and weather (rain. Confusing runway intersection and tower’s request for an immediate takeoff. Suggest possible warning page (similar to Houston Hobby) to clarify multiple runway ends.”
FlightAware’s airport information page for Houston Hobby (KHOU) shows the following disclaimer: “DUE TO COMPLEX RY CONFIGURATION; WHEN TAXIING TO THRS 12L & 12R AND 17 CHECK COMPASS HEADING BEFORE DEPARTING.”
reports are that there was ONE guy in the tower handling CLC Delivery, ground, and tower. Maybe @ 6a it was not that busy, but whats he gonna say when he looks up? “Comair 191 what the hell are you doing?”
He was probably busy sending the takeoff info to LEX departure. On the phone and head down when he heard the departure noise from the engines. Why would he think they’d be down the wrong runway?
I’m sure his first reaction when he looked up was to watch to see if they’d turn off when they were rolling down the wrong runway, and then, when he saw them lift off, he waited to see what happened and the first reaction was to call the AFRS. [Fire Rescue].
Then he needed to preserve the tapes, make sure to himself he told them “Runway 22 Cleared for Takeoff” and take a deep breath and pull out the binder. After saying a prayer that he was not the one who screwed up.