LEXINGTON - Three crew members and another passenger remained hospitalized the day after an air ambulance crashed at Blue Grass Airport.

        The Lear 25CXR, operated by Care Flight International, was transporting a chronically ill patient and a family member from Fort Myers, Fla. when it careened off a runway and plowed onto U.S. 60 about 1 p.m. Friday.

        Care Flight identified its crew members Saturday as chief flight nurse Diana Burgess and pilots Jim Hensel and Miles Lansing.

        Ms. Burgess was in serious but stable condition and Mr. Hensel was in serious condition at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.

        Mr. Lansing remained at St. Joseph's Hospital Saturday, said Denise Curl, the hospital's health administrator. Family members requested that the pilot's condition not be released, Ms. Curl said.

        The patient, 76-year-old Louise Babb, of Fort Myers, Fla., died in the crash. Mrs. Babb is a former Lexington resident who was suffering from pneumonia and was traveling to consult with doctors at UK Medical Center.

        The other passenger was Mrs. Babb's husband, John Babb, 76. Mr. Babb was in serious but stable condition at UK Medical Center, the hospital said.

        The crash shut down the airport for about two hours and U.S. 60 until about 4 p.m. Saturday.

        As it crashed, the plane sheared off part of a navigational tower, plunged down the hill and came to rest along the westbound shoulder of the highway with its nose pointing east. The rear half of the aircraft was charred.

        Passers-by who stopped to help those in the plans were treated for minor injuries, authorities said.

        The jet is owned by Michael Henry of New Orleans, who leases it to American Air Network Inc. of St. Louis.

        Mr. Henry said he has owned the jet for 3 1/2 years, but the original owner was the bin Laden family's construction firm in Saudi Arabia.

        “Based on preliminary reports, I'm even more concerned,” Mr. Henry said. They're saying (the pilot) couldn't stop - we just had the brakes redone on the plane.”

        He said the plane had undergone $175,000 in maintenance at Thunder Aviation in St. Louis less than 90 days ago.

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