Investigators examining Sunday's fatal crash of a Comair CRJ200 in Lexington, Ky., revealed yesterday that the lone air traffic controller on duty was operating on just 2 hr. of sleep and was completing the second of two 8-hr. shifts in a 24-hr. period. The aircraft took off from the wrong runway, which at 3,500 ft. was not long enough for it to get airborne, and 49 of 50 onboard were killed (ATWOnline, Aug. 28). US National Transportation Safety Board investigators are focusing their probe ...
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