2006-08-27 - Comair Flight 5191 crash

2006-08-27 - Comair Flight 5191 crash (Google Maps)
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The plane crashed a mile from the Blue Grass Airport (Lexington, Kentucky) shortly after takeoff, the FAA said.
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@ 2006-08-27 14:12:06
You'll notice two runways, one is very much shorter than the other. There is some question as to if the pilot used the wrong, shorter runway by mistake.
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@ 2006-08-27 21:37:04
A picture from FoxNews.com:

http://www.foxnews.com/images/220434/32_25_082706_kentucky_crash.jpg

shows the site to be in the area of Lat 38.039685, Lon -84.611413. Substantually closer than the 1/2 mile that I've seen in the press.
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@ 2006-08-27 22:18:13
You're right. I've changed the pict... But for the lon/lat... I can't