Reuters, "Kentucky plane crash kills 49, co-pilot survives"

          A Comair jet crashed and burned in a Kentucky pasture on Sunday after a failed takeoff on a short runway, killing all but one of the 50 people aboard, authorities said.
          Flight 5191, a Canadair CRJ-100 bound for Atlanta, apparently ran off the end of a 3,500-foot-long (1 km) runway designed for use by smaller planes, instead of the 7,000-foot (2 km) runway suited for commercial flights, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board said.
          "Ground scars" at the end of the shorter runway, a smashed perimeter fence and debris from the jet spread out over hundreds of feet (meters) indicated the plane's trajectory was from the shorter runway, NTSB investigator Debbie Hersman said.
          Investigators will gather data to determine if the plane could have become airborne during the predawn crash, she said.

Learn more about the Kentucky Delta | Comair Airplane Crash of August 2006.