49 Doves: The Flight 5191 Disaster

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49 Doves: The Flight 5191 Disaster

Community & CultureParades & CivicsCommunity & Culture / Parades & Civics
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Indoor venueGeneral PublicPublic
When:
August 6, 2026 ยท 7:15 PM
Where:
Kentucky Theatre, 214 E. Main St., Lexington, KY
Source:
6AM City Lexington

Description In the quiet, predawn hours of August 27, 2006, Comair Flight 5191 attempted a routine takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Instead, the aircraft lined up on the wrong runway - one far too short for departure. Forty-nine people were killed when the plane crashed into a nearby field. The co-pilot survived. What followed was one of the most devastating days in Kentucky's history, and a tragedy whose emotional aftershocks continue to shape the community nearly two dec

Indoor venueGeneral PublicPublic

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    Lexington, KY

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    6AM City Lexington

  • Categories

    Community & Culture, Parades & Civics, Community & Culture / Parades & Civics

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    Indoor venue, General Public, Public