Joy said from what he has been hearing about the assumed crash, the cause appeared to him to be a combination of pilot error and deteriorating weather conditions. Joy said if he started to encounter haze or fog past Block Island, he might have started to lose visual landmarks. A fisherman on the water between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard reported hearing a plane flying very low. I think he knew roughly where he was, but he was trying to orient himself coming up to the island. It happens to excellent pilots.
Visibility is zero.
The plane can turn, but your head says everything is fine. I've done a lot of scud-running, but I don't do it any more. All rights reserved.