The Lexington ATC was NOT doing traffic count after he cleared Comair 5191 for takeoff

"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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I have been reviewing the transcript and actual tape of the Lexingon tower
during the period pertinent to the crash of Comair 5191. The tower
controller called the center for a release for each IFR departure on the
tape.


Wrong. The tower controller did not call the LEX sector at ZID for an IFR
release of any of the five aircraft on the tape. He called ZID TMU for flow
releases on SKW6819 to ORD and COM191 to ATL. TMU is Traffic Management
Unit, aka flow control.