How on earth could two qualified airline pilots take off from the wrong runway?
The question, of course, is the one being asked nationwide as the search for a cause in the tragic crash of Comair 5191 ramps up in Lexington, Ky. The answer, well, that will surprise you: There is no single cause in this or any airline accident.
Air accidents (like most accidents in complex human systems) are caused by a long series of problems, mistakes, missed opportunities, and other glitches that linked together like a chain, set up the potential for a tragedy long before someone came along and added the final link.
The Comair crash is no exception.
There are, in fact, many things that can contribute to a professional airline pilot starting down the wrong ribbon of concrete.
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