49 Doves: The Flight 5191 Disaster
In the quiet, predawn hours of August 27, 2006, Comair Flight 5191 attempted a routine takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Instead, the aircraft lined up on the wrong runway — one far too short for departure. Forty-nine people were killed when the plane crashed into a nearby field. The co-pilot survived. What followed was one of the most devastating days in Kentucky’s history, and a tragedy whose emotional aftershocks continue to shape the community nearly two decades later. 49 DOVES tells the human story behind that morning. Through intimate interviews with families, first responders, and journalists, the film reveals how a series of events culminated in tragedy, which rippled outward into countless lives.