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POSTED: 1603 GMT (0003 HKT), August 27, 2006
(CNN) -- A Delta commuter flight carrying 50 people crashed Sunday morning
shortly after take-off from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky,
according to airport and airline officials. One person is known to have
survived.
The commuter flight was en route from Blue Grass Airport to Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration
spokeswoman Laura Brown told CNN.
One passenger was being treated at the University of Kentucky Hospital, where
he was listed in critical condition, according to hospital spokeswoman Gail
Hairston.
There were 46 passengers, three crew members and one off-duty crew member on
Delta Flight 5191 -- operated by Delta's commuter carrier, Comair, according
to Michael Gobb, director of the Blue Grass Airport.
Gobb said it is still unclear how many people perished in the crash because
"search operations are still going on."
Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn told The Associated Press that the passengers
and crew appeared to still be on the plane and the deaths were caused either
by the impact or the "hot fire" on board.
"We are going to say a mass prayer before we begin the work of removing the
bodies," Ginn said, referring to the chaplains who serve the airport.
A temporary morgue was being set up at the scene and the bodies will be
brought to the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort, Ginn told AP.
Initial reports from first responders had indicated all 50 people on board
died in the crash, Brown told CNN.
The plane crashed a mile from the airport shortly after take-off, the FAA said.
The aircraft was a Bombardier Canadian Regional Jet, which has a good track
record, according to its history on the National Transportation Safety Board's
Web site.
Flight 5191 was cleared for takeoff at 6:05 a.m. ET, which was the last
communication between the pilot and air traffic controllers, FAA officials
said.
The plane crashed at 6:19 a.m. ET, about a mile west of the airport, FAA
officials said.
The plane was scheduled to land in Atlanta at 7:18 a.m. ET.
It is unclear what caused the crash. There were no reports of bad weather in
the Lexington area.
"It was dark at the time of the accident, but it was clear," Brown said.
A team of National Transportation Safety Board investigators is heading to the
crash site to begin an investigation.
CNN's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report.
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