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BobDDuck · September 29th, 2006, 13:32

Tox screens came back negative for both pilots.

The runway lights were out all together.

The runway is only 3500 feet long and has no instrument procedures for it so there would only have been white edge lights.

I've posted before about this, but I'll say it again. Finding the reason why they used the wrong runway is going to be interesting but I don't see a major breakthrough in saftey coming from it. What I am more interested in is why the aircraft incinderated like it did. The crash should have been survivable from an impact view only. According to the preliminary report most (if not all of the deaths) were due to burns, not impact trauma or smoke inhalation. This leads me to blieve that something could be done to improve the flash over potential in the CRJ.

September 29th, 2006, 13:32	#6
BobDDuck Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat Posts: 5,965	Re: Comair Crash - - A Retired (Eastern) Pilot's view Tox screens came back negative for both pilots. The runway lights were out all together. The runway is only 3500 feet long and has no instrument procedures for it so there would only have been white edge lights. I've posted before about this, but I'll say it again. Finding the reason why they used the wrong runway is going to be interesting but I don't see a major breakthrough in saftey coming from it. What I am more interested in is why the aircraft incinderated like it did. The crash should have been survivable from an impact view only. According to the preliminary report most (if not all of the deaths) were due to burns, not impact trauma or smoke inhalation. This leads me to blieve that something could be done to improve the flash over potential in the CRJ. __________________ TBJC08 The Gear Monkey The Gear Monkey Store