Susan Asked:
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Just curious... was the pilot qualified to use IFR (instrument flight rules), or did he take off in fog using just visuals?


I have no idea.
I don't know much about planes and stuff, just that it was a 1979 Piper something, and on the road I was on when responding, it was foggy, and when the crew was looking for the plane, it was foggy.

Chief Skelton explains it well in this video clip from the news:
CBS New Video

P.S.Can you see me in the pictures of the plane?
Me neither.