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[15. wiki: Comair Flight 5191]:

Emphasis my own.

Comair Flight 5191, marketed as Delta Connection Flight 5191, was a scheduled United States (US) domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia, operated on behalf of Delta Connection by Comair. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT,[2] the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER that was being used for the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington.

The aircraft was assigned the airport's runway 22 for the takeoff, but used runway 26 instead. Runway 26 was too short for a safe takeoff, causing the aircraft to overrun the end of the runway before it could become airborne. It crashed just past the end of the runway, killing all 47 passengers and two of the three crew. The flight's first officer was the only survivor.[3][4]

Although not the pilot in command, according to the cockpit voice recorder transcript, the first officer was the pilot flying at the time of the accident.[5] In the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash, investigators concluded that the likely cause of the crash was pilot error.[6]

Flight details

The flight was sold under the Delta Air Lines brand as Delta Connection flight 5191 (DL5191) and was operated by Comair as flight 5191. It was identified for air traffic control and flight tracking purposes as Comair 5191 (OH5191/COM5191).

The flight had been scheduled to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 7:18 a.m.

The aircraft involved was a 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER, serial number 7472.[7] Manufactured in Canada in late 2000, it was delivered to the airline on January 30, 2001.


Victims

All 47 passengers and two of the three crew members on board the flight died. Comair released the passenger manifest on August 29, 2006.[18]

Most of the passengers were US citizens from the Lexington area, ranging in age from 16 to 72. They included a young couple who had been married the previous day and were traveling to California on their honeymoon.[19]

A memorial service for the victims was held on August 31, 2006, at the Lexington Opera House.[20] A second public memorial service was held on September 10, 2006, at Rupp Arena in Lexington.[citation needed] The Lexington Herald-Leader published a list of the victims with short biographies.[21]

The Flight 5191 Memorial Commission was established[by whom?] shortly after the crash to create an appropriate memorial for the victims, first responders, and community that supported them. The Commission chose the University of Kentucky Arboretum as its memorial site.[22][23][24]

Fayette / LaFayette | Beech / Beechtree


[16. 15: ref 19 retrieved: http://courier-journal.com - Opportunities 'stripped away' | https://archive.fo/YRAcl]:

Jonathan Hooker, 27, and Scarlett Parsley Hooker, 23

Lexington

Aug. 24, 2007

photo:

Scarlett and Jonathan Hooker were married the day before the crash.

Opportunities 'stripped away'

United in joy at a wedding on Aug. 26, 2006, the families of Jonathan and Scarlett Parsley Hooker have since shared a year of sorrow.

The deaths of the couple less than 24 hours after their wedding have "just taken our hearts and torn (them) apart," said Gloria Parsley, Scarlett Hooker's mother.

The couple had been on their way to a honeymoon in California when they were killed.

"Life has consisted of sleepless nights, lonely days, and heart-wrenching memories," Kelli Gray, an aunt of Jon Hooker, said in an e-mail.

Yet both families said they've been blessed by their faith in God, and the support of their community in London, where both Hooker and Parsley grew up.


James Polehinke, the first officer, suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones, a collapsed lung, and severe bleeding. Lexington-Fayette and airport police officers pulled Polehinke out of the wreckage. Polehinke underwent surgery for his injuries, including an amputation of his left leg. Doctors later determined that Polehinke had suffered brain damage and has no memory of the crash or the events leading up to it.[25] As of August 2007, Polehinke was a wheelchair user.[26] During the same month, Polehinke filed a lawsuit against the airport and the company that designed the runway and taxi lights.[27] A January 2014 episode of Piers Morgan Live reported that Polehinke was paraplegic.[citation needed]

The estates or families of 21 of the 47 passengers filed lawsuits against Polehinke. In response, Polehinke's attorney, William E. Johnson, raised the possibility of contributory negligence on the part of the passengers. When asked by the plaintiffs' attorney, David Royse, what that meant, Johnson replied that "...(they)... should have been aware of the dangerous conditions that existed in that there had been considerable media coverage about the necessity of improving runway conditions at the airport."[28] At the time Johnson submitted the contributory negligence defense, he had not yet been able to speak to Polehinke himself. By the time newspapers reported on the court documents, Johnson said he had already told Royse, who criticized the statements, that he would withdraw the argument. Prior to his employment by Comair, Polehinke worked for Gulfstream International as a captain.[29]

[17. wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Airways]:

(Redirected from Gulfstream International)

Silver Airways Corp., operating as Silver Airways, is a United States airline with its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, near Fort Lauderdale. It was founded in 2010 with assets from the former Gulfstream International Airlines,[2] and currently operates around 170 daily scheduled flights to 10 cities in Florida and 8 destinations in the Bahamas, with hubs at Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa.

As of November 2013 Silver Airways received $20,515,042 in annual Federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that it provided to rural airports in the United States.[3]

Well shit the bed... Broward County

History

On November 4, 2010, Gulfstream International Airlines filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.[4] In May 2011, Victory Park Capital bought the assets of Gulfstream International Group, including 21 of Gulfstream's Beechcraft 1900D aircraft from Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corporation.[5]

Beechcraft 1900D

The rest of the history section may be worth reading, I'll press on, though:

Facilities

The airline headquarters are located in Suite 201 of the 1100 Lee Wagener Boulevard building on the property of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in unincorporated Broward County, Florida,[2][33][34] near Fort Lauderdale. Previously its headquarters were in Dania Beach, Florida,[33][35] also near Fort Lauderdale.[36] The airline also maintains a maintenance facility at Orlando International Airport in a facility previously utilized by Comair.[37]

Orlando International Airport & Comair

Why does Orlando International Airport sound familiar? OIA gunman on May 31, 2017(FF? Distraction? Other?)

[18. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/orlando-international-airport-shooting-armed-man-rental-car-area-police-standoff-latest-a7764346.html | https://archive.is/mTxsi]:

Police in standoff with armed man at Orlando International Airport

Suspect detained and no shots fired during incident in Florida

~Wednesday 31 May 2017 00:59 BST~


Armed police have been locked in a stand-off with a man carrying a gun at Orlando International Airport.

Authorities in Florida said they had detained a lone "gunman" who had been found in the rental car area on Tuesday evening.

A spokesperson for the airport said that the incident had been contained and there was minimal impact to operations.~~

~~Earlier this year, five people were killed inside a baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport by an Iraq war veteran claiming he launched the attack on behalf of Isis.

There were no immediate indications that the incident at Orlando airport[ on May 31, 2017,] was terror-related.

The city was previously the target of a shooting attack by an Isis supporter, who massacred 49 people at an LGBT-friendly nightclub in June 2016.

[19. wiki: Comair]:

Comair was a wholly owned subsidiary airline of Delta Air Lines, headquartered on the grounds of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boone County, Kentucky, United States, west of Erlanger, and south of Cincinnati. Operating under the brand name Delta Connection, Comair operated passenger services to destinations in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas.[1] Comair and Delta Air Lines announced on July 27, 2012, that Comair would cease operations on September 29, 2012.

Some serious fuckery going on here... As always, no, this isn't all that I have & I'm not done; this is just a precursor for what's to come...


Prozak Ft. Tech N9ne & Twiztid - Do you know where you are?

SHPONGLE - Strange Planet (2017)

/micdrop

Summary will come later...