After Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine threatened to hold Comair in contempt of court, the airline yesterday provided contact information for relatives of Flight 5191 victims. The judge sharply criticized Cincinnati-based Comair in a morning hearing for giving her "the colossal run-around" by not releasing the information. She set a 2 p.m. deadline yesterday for the regional carrier to produce names and addresses of victims' families.
Goodwine wanted the relatives' contact information so she can give adequate notification to families that the Blue Grass Airport runway will be available for inspection Sept. 27. Attorneys for some families had asked to inspect the runway for lawsuits filed since the Aug. 27 crash, which killed 49 of 50 people on board.
At one point in a morning hearing, Goodwine said she was inclined to call in Comair's president and ask him to show her just cause "why they should not be held in contempt" for failure to comply with a court order. Goodwine said Comair had referred her to other entities, including the National Transportation Safety Board, that might have the contact information.
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