LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Nearly two weeks since the Comair jet crash that killed 49 people, the air traffic controller on duty at the time has not returned to work, and those who know him are revealing next to nothing - not even his name.

A second air traffic controller has been added to the weekend overnight shift at Lexington Blue Grass Airport, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said.

With nearly 300 flights coming in and out of Laughlin AFB every day, new and seasoned pilots depend upon the support from air traffic controllers to send them out and bring them back home safely to their base ...Comment

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The air-traffic controller on duty when Comair Flight 5191 crashed Sunday morning cleared the plane for takeoff but turned his back to do administrative work as the plane went down the runway, investigators said yesterday.

The case of a Russian architect who killed an air traffic controller after losing his wife and children in a midair plane collision must be reexamined, an appeals court has ruled according to court documents released Saturday, the Associated Press

The lone air-traffic controller on duty early Sunday cleared Comair Flight 5191 for takeoff, then turned his back to attend to "administr ative duties" as the doomed jet veered down the wrong runway, a federal investigator said yesterday.

In the day leading up to the crash of Comair Flight 5191, a federal investigator says the air traffic controller on duty had worked for almost 15 hours and slept for two.