Joe Stiley, a businessman and a private pilot – had jumped to action when he felt the plane had not become airborne, telling his co-worker and fellow survivor Patricia Felch to take the crash ...

In 2019, WUSA9 spoke with Joe Stiley, one of the survivors of the crash. Stiley, himself a pilot, said he knew the plane was in trouble when it failed to reach sufficient speed on the runway.

Passenger Joe Stiley who survived said he sensed during take off that something was wrong. Joe Stiley: “I knew we didn't have the take off speed. I am a pilot and I have lot of flights on and I ...

The takeoff roll down the runway was rough and extended. In fact, one informed passenger, a private pilot named Joe Stiley who survived the accident, said later that he believed during takeoff the ...