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Tragic Takeoff (Comair/Delta Connection Flight 5191)

Aired Apr 18, 2021 · 1:00 PM ET · 45 min

On 27 August 2006, Comair Flight 5191, operating for Delta Connection, crashes into a wooded area while taking off from Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board. The pilots lost situational awareness and inadvertently taxied onto the wrong runway.