AP
Lexington, Aug 27: A Comair flight carrying 50 persons crashed a mile from Lexington's airport on Sunday morning, and first responders said all those aboard were killed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
"The preliminary report from the first responders is that it was 50 fatalities," said FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown.
Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-100 regional jet with 47 passengers and three crew members, crashed at 6:07 a.m., shortly after taking off for Atlanta, said Kathleen Bergen, another FAA spokeswoman.
There was no immediate word on what caused the crash.
Investigators from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were en route to the scene, Brown said.
Comair is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines based in the Cincinnati suburb of Erlanger. The Bombardier Canadair CRJ-100 is a twin-engine aircraft that can carry up to 50 passengers, according to Delta's website.