CRJ crash at KLEX:

Ron Lee wrote in message ...
James Robinson wrote:

john smith wrote:

Thanks James. Your diagram makes it clear, but the photos show that A-8
still exists. Is it blocked off with barracades as other posters have
noted?

I don't know from personal experience, but the news reports on the day of
the accident included the following quote:

" The construction changes momentarily confused veteran pilot Lowell Wiley
two days before the Comair crash. He nosed his plane down the same taxiway
that he had taken for years until hitting a barricade.

"It was a total surprise," said Wiley, who adjusted course and got onto
the
correct runway. He now understands why the Comair pilot might have headed
down a runway 1,500 feet (450 meters) too short to make a proper takeoff.
"

That comment does not make sense. To get to Rwy 22 you must cross Rwy
26 totally. Whether you take Taxiway A7 or A8 seems irrelevant. If
you are stopped after crossing Rwy 26 by a barricade on A8, why would
you think, "OK, let's forget Rwy 26

ITYM "Rwy 22"

and just use this one"?

- Rick