On August 27 , 2006 , Comair Flight 5191 took off from the wrong runway , and crashed in a nearby field , killing 49 of the 50 passengers , leaving the first officer alive but badly burned . The aircraft involved was a 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER , serial number 7472 . On August 27 , 2011 , a memorial sculpture depicting 49 steel birds flying was unveiled and dedicated to the victims
Comair Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191
Lexington, Kentucky