Comair settles with victims' estate

Delta Airlines subsidiary Comair has reached settlement with the estate of two plane crash victims. The settlement between the estate of Jesse Clark and Bobbie Sue Benton and Comair is confidential. The Bentons were heading to the Caribbean for a vacation last August 27th, when their Comair jet tried to take off from the wrong runway and crashed. 47 other people died in the crash at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Comair, which is owned by Atlanta-based Delta, has settled with the estate of two other victims. In total, 29 lawsuits on behalf of 38 victims were filed against Comair. Comair has admitted to federal investigators that its pilots were partly responsible, but also said better systems for alerting airlines to taxiway changes might have prevented the crash. The co-pilot, James Polehinke, was the only survivor of the crash.