RE: CRJ100 crashed in USHere are the early details....
'Multiple fatalities' in Kentucky plane crash
Sunday, August 27, 2006; Posted: 8:49 a.m. EDT (12:49 GMT)
(CNN) -- A Delta commuter flight -- en route from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia -- crashed just after take-off from Blue Grass Airport on Sunday, and airlines and airport officials reported "multiple fatalities."
Federal Aviation Administration officials said Delta Flight 5191 -- which was operated by Delta's commuter carrier, Comair -- crashed around 7 a.m. ET in a wooded area about a mile from the Lexington airport on its way to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
At least 50 people were aboard the flight and it is not known if anyone survived, the officials said.
Delta Flight 5191 was scheduled to land at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport at 7:18 a.m.
The aircraft was a Bombardier Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) 100, FAA officials said.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. There were no reports of bad weather in the Lexington area.