Comair Pilots Violated Cockpit rules
In the minutes before the crash of a commuter jet that took off from the wrong runway, the pilots discussed their families, their dogs and job opportunities, violating at times a rule against extraneous cockpit conversation, the airline said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board released a transcript Wednesday of the cockpit recording aboard Comair Flight 5191. The transcript also showed that one of the pilots noted something was amiss when he glanced down the Lexington, Ky., airstrip and said it looked "weird" because it had no lights. The transcript was the first public disclosure of the pilots' conversations during the ill-fated flight, which struggled to get airborne after trying to take off from a runway that was too short for passenger jets. The plane went down in flames, killing 49 people in the deadliest American aviation disaster in five years.
