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.

The FAA says it broke a rule by putting just one person in the tower. The crash's survivor has not been able to explain why the plane used the wrong runway.

ASU Polytechnic Campus works to replace the 12,500 air traffic controllers expected to retire in less than a decade with new air traffic management program.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5191 crashed cleared the jet for takeoff, then turned his back to do some "administr ative duties" as the aircraft veered down the wrong runway, a federal investigator said yesterday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5181 crashed cleared the jet for takeoff, then turned his back to do some "administr ative duties" as the aircra...

The final conversation between the pilots of Comair Flight 5191 and the lone air traffic controller on duty at Blue Grass Airport may be made public as early as next week.