Lone Lexington air traffic controller likely fatigued, NTSB says

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...

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