Flight 5191 victims honored at U.K. arboretum

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 Tuesday marks 13 years since Flight 5191 crashed on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport killing nearly everyone aboard.

One person survived, while 49 people died that day. A memorial at the University of Kentucky Arboretum has deep meaning for everyone who knew someone who died in the tragic crash.

Bound for Atlanta, Flight 5191 prepared for takeoff early in the morning 13 years ago.

But the airplane’s first officer lined up the aircraft on the wrong runway. It was too short for the regional jet and it crashed into a field on takeoff.

Only the first officer, James Polehinke, survived.

Each of the crash victims is memorialized on the Arboretum’s sculpture as a bird.