National Transportation Safety Board

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board has long been concerned about the effects of fatigue on persons performing critical functions in all transportation industries, including the effects of fatigue on air traffic controllers' performance. This concern was again raised in connection with the August 27, 2006, accident involving Comair flight 5191, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (CRJ-100), N431CA, that crashed during takeoff from Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, about 0607 eastern daylight time. The airplane had been cleared by air traffic control (ATC) for takeoff on runway 22, which is 7,003 feet long and equipped with high-intensity runway lights; however, the crew mistakenly taxied onto runway 26, which is 3,500 feet long and unlighted,2 and attempted to take off. The airplane ran off the end of runway 26, impacted the airport perimeter fence and trees, and crashed. Of the 47 passengers and 3 crew members on board the airplane, 49 were killed, and one received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 and was en route to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia.