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It's official: the plane fallen in Kentucky had taken the wrong runway

Washington, Usa - The CRJ-200ER of Comair took-off from the shortest runway of the airport

After the retrieval of both the black boxes and the analysis made by the investigators of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is official: the runway from which took-off the Comair’s jet crashed shortly afterwards near the airport (see for details AVIONEWS), was the wrong one. Too short: 1200 meters against 1500 meters required for the take-off of a plane of such this size and with full charge. A...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147718
Rome, Italy, 08/29/2006 15:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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