Doctors want to stabilize James Polehinke's fractured spine. The co-pilot was the lone survivor of the Aug. 27 crash that killed 49 people.
A police officer pulled Polehinke out of the charred wreckage after the regional jet crashed trying to take off from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport.
According to federal investigators, the captain taxied the jet onto a runway that was too short before Polehinke took over the controls and tried to get the jet airborne. The taxiway route had been changed a week before the crash due to construction.
Meanwhile, a crash victim's family sued Comair Tuesday, claiming negligence. The lawsuit filed by the mother of Cecile Moscoe is among a half-dozen filed in federal court against Comair and parent company Delta Air Lines.
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