JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Poor visibility due to fog has delayed efforts to recover the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed in southeast Alaska, killing six people.
Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region, says the agency had hoped to recover the wreckage Sunday, and again today. But efforts were called off due to poor conditions. He says the wreckage is in a rugged, steep area that is heavily forested.
Troopers have recovered the bodies, which include two people from California, two from Georgia and one from Illinois. The pilot was a 64-year-old from Washington state.