Juneau, Alaska: Bad weather conditions hampered the efforts to restore the body of six people killed when a road plane crashed into Southeast Alaska, Alaska state forces on Friday.
The plane fell on Thursday when the pilot returned five passengers to the ketch of the Misty Fjords National Monument, the federal flight administration said.
Beacon emergency aircraft activated around 11:20 a.m.
When falling near the monument, the US coast guard said.
A helicopter company reported seeing debris on Ridgeline in the search area, and the coast guard crew members found debris around 14:40.
The coast guide helicopter lowered two rescue swimmers to the site, and they reported no survivors, the agency said.
The victims have not been identified, and the troops work with volunteers from the Rescue Squad volunteer Ketchikan to coordinate recovery efforts.
“The condition of bad weather and deteriorating visibility in the Ketchikan area and Misty Fjords has prevented the army and volunteer of Alaska State from the Ketchikan Volunteer Savior squad from making a recovery effort this morning, ” said Austin McDaniel forces spokesman in the email related to the press.
The victim will not named after they identified them after the recovery effort, he said.
The five passengers were at a sightsee of Holland America Cruise Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship.
The company made counseling services, it was said in a statement.
The plane involved Thursday, A de Havilland beavers, Owned by Southeast Aviation LLC.
“Our hearts are destroyed by losing six people today.
We are thinking and grieving with families of five passengers and our friends and pilots on the plane, ” said the company in a statement on Thursday night.
“We worked with respondents and the first agents involved.
” Ketchikan is a popular stop for cruises visiting Alaska, and passengers of cruise ships can take various visits of sightseeing while in the port.
Among the small planes Misty Fjords National Monument, on Where visitors can see the Glacier Valley, the peaks covered in snow and lake in the wilderness area.
In 2019, two sightseeing planes collided in the air, killing six of the 16 people on the two planes.
The National Transportation Safety Council sent a crew to investigate the accident.
The team is expected to arrive in Alaska later on Friday.
The FAA is also investigating.