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Global Aviation News Article
September 8, 2006
Kansas City Star, "Airplane Accident News: Pilot
may have called the wrong flight number before crash"
In
addition to departing from the wrong runway and initially getting on
the wrong plane, one of the pilots on Comair Flight 5191 to Atlanta might
have made a third mistake:
In talking to the control tower before the
fatal crash, one of the pilots called out the wrong flight number and
city, saying "Toledo," according
to two victims' relatives who attended briefings by the National Transportation
Safety Board.
Charlie Scales, the brother-in-law
of Flight 5191 passenger Gregory Threet of Lexington, and Kyra Frederick, wife
of passenger Bart Frederick of Danville, said they learned of the apparent mistake
last week in NTSB briefings in Lexington.
Forty-nine people died
Aug. 27 when Flight 5191 crashed after attempting to take off from the wrong
runway at Blue Grass Airport.
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