hard hit for kentucky. this may be, i m told, at a length of 217 miles is the track of this particular event. it may end up being the largest single ground track in recorded history and that speaks to how hard kentucky was hit. michael dossett, we want to give you our thanks for your work. we should tell our viewers, you were actually a few days away, a couple of weeks from retiring and now you re tasked with this very difficult mission. we appreciate it. we know your community appreciates it. michael dossett, thank you so much for the time, sir. thank you. if i could add one caveat, we ve started a relief fund, team kentucky relief fund.ky.gov. thank you. excellent.
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the safety board also concludes that fatigue played a role in the accident by degrading the captain s performance. in the days prior to the crash, he s flown between three continents. he s suffering from bronchitis. and it s the middle of the night. when you have fatigue, it affects your decisionmaking. you re a bit impaired mentally because the fatigue takes over. you don t really process information. there are even more factors at play. august is the height of rainy season in guam. the captain might have been counting on a visual approach to the runway, but the jet flies into a downpour, making it difficult to see. so they were suddenly finding things were stacking up. they re not 100% sure where they are on the ground track. they re looking for visual cues that the heavy rain is preventing them from seeing, and
they misinterpreted how the approach was being configured. and the captain never fully understood that, in my opinion. the safety board also concludes that fatigue played a role in the accident by degrading the captain s performance. in the days prior to the crash, he s flown between three continents. he s suffering from bronchitis. and it s the middle of the night. when you have fatigue, it affects your decisionmaking. you re a bit impaired mentally because the fatigue takes over. you don t really process information. there are even more factors at play. august is the height of rainy season in guam. the captain might have been counting on a visual approach to the runway, but the jet flies into a downpour, making it difficult to see. so they were suddenly finding things were stacking up. they re not 100% sure where they are on the ground track. they re looking for visual cues that the heavy rain is preventing them from seeing, and then suddenly they re much closer to the grou