Lone survivor of Lexington plane crash to be released from hospital

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The lone survivor of the airliner crash at Lexington's airport that killed 49 people was released from a hospital Tuesday to begin several weeks of rehabilitation.\nJames Polehinke, co-pilot of Comair Flight 5191, had been at the University of Kentucky Hospital since the Aug. 27 crash at Blue Grass Airport.\nUniversity spokesman Jay Blanton said the family asked that he not release Polehinke's condition or the location of his rehabilitation.\nEarlier Tuesday, in a phone interview with The Associated Press, Polehinke's mother, Honey Jackson, said she thought it was too soon for him to be released but that he was eager to leave the hospital.\n"I want my son to walk out of Kentucky," Jackson said. "I don't want him in a wheelchair. Got to stay strong. Got to believe in miracles."\nPolehinke was pulled from the wreckage, but all 49 others aboard the regional airliner died. He has undergone surgeries to amputate his left leg, stabilize his spine and repair other injuries. Relatives have said he doesn't remember the crash, though he has been told what happened.\n"My son is not ready to speak with anybody," Jackson said. "He's been through hell. He's still going through hell."\nAccording to federal investigators, the flight's captain, Jeffrey Clay, taxied onto a runway that was too short before Polehinke attempted to get the plane airborne.