Expert: Big Safety Issues From 5191

Lexington, KY  The crash of Comair Flight 5191 was one of the most significant airline crashes in years, according to a former federal investigator.

It was the deadliest American plane crash in a half-decade.  49 people died August 27th in the fiery crash shortly after takeoff from Blue Grass Airport.

Even more questions surfaced about how flying an airplane off the correct runway could have gone so wrong in the early morning darkness.

Jim Hall is a former National Transportation Safety Board director and has led investigations of many crashes.

He says the crash of 5191 was probably the most significant crash of this century because of the number of safety issues.

Kentucky AP 12/28/2006