How is the FO doing?

[79%N1]

Thanks for those updates.

 

[dingo222]

Yeah, the city of Lexington, police and fire departments, and the ambulance company.

yeah, was he wearing Nike's, abercrombie boxers, and havea pack of orbitz gum in his pocket?

 

[yaya]

thanks for the update 190. Too bad we have to sift through the retards aroround here to get info.

 

[wnplt]

Plane Crash Survivor Now Breathing On His Own
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(AP) -- The only survivor of the Comair commuter jet crash in Lexington last week is breathing on his own.
University of Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton says 44-year-old James Polehinke is no longer on a ventilator. Polehinke was the plane's first officer and pilot. Blanton says Polehinke continues to make progress and remains in serious condition in UK Medical Center's intensive care unit.
Polehinke suffered multiple injuries in the August 27 crash at Lexington's Blue Grass Airport.
The crash of Comair Flight 5191 killed 49 people. Polehinke was pulled from the fiery wreckage by a Lexington police officer and two airport security workers, but police said the rescuers couldn't get to anyone else.
The Atlanta-bound jet took a wrong turn onto a short runway, was unable to get airborne and crashed into a nearby field.
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[Cardinal]

She said Polehinke's wife, Ida Askew, remains at his side at UK hospital, talking to him and holding his hand

So the chick that shot the poor guy in the stomach is now at his bedside. It warms the heart.

 

[C210drvr]

They will sue GE, Bombardier, Goodyear, Collins, Airport performance group, the FAA, Coca-Cola, Lance crackers, Biscoff, Fischer nuts, The seatbelt manufacturers, Flightsafety, ATP, and Comair. Did I miss any?

Bloodsuckers

Jeppesen will probably be sued as well since the airport diagram isn't even close to accurate anymore.

 

[letthebigdogeat]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 49 people near the Lexington airport last week told family members from his hospital bed, “Why did God do this to me?” but he hasn’t mentioned the crash, a close family friend said Wednesday.
James Polehinke, who was the flight’s co-pilot, can move only his head, and tears often well up in his eyes, said Antonio Cruz, Polehinke’s mother’s boyfriend. He said the 44-year-old has been in and out of consciousness.
Polehinke hasn’t mentioned the crash, and doctors have encouraged family members not to ask him about it, Cruz told The Associated Press.
According to federal investigators, Polehinke was controlling Comair Flight 5191 when the regional jet took off from a too-short runway at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport, crashed and caught fire in a nearby field on Aug. 27. He was pulled to safety from the broken cockpit, but everyone else aboard the plane died in the crash and fire.
A lot to recover from
Polehinke is now off a ventilator but could be hospitalized for several more weeks with facial and spine fractures, a broken leg, foot and hand, three broken ribs, a broken breastbone and a collapsed lung.
He has asked about various family members and his dogs, Cruz said, and has questioned his relationship with God.
One of the first full sentences he said after regaining consciousness was, “Why did God do this to me?” Cruz said.
Cruz said Polehinke’s mother, Honey Jackson, told him: “It was not God. It was just an accident.”
Investigators are looking into airport construction and staffing at the control tower, among other things, as a possible contributing factors to the Aug. 27 crash. The lone tower operator had turned to do administrative work as the plane turned onto the wrong runway and tried to take off, officials said. According to FAA guidelines, two control tower operators should have been working at the time.
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