6 Killed in Alaska Sightseeing Plane Crash Identified

6 Killed in Alaska Sightseeing Plane Crash Identified
Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad personnel land and disembark from a Hughes 369D helicopter, at Temsco Helicopters Inc in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Aug. 5, 2021. Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP
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ALASKA—Six people who were killed in a sightseeing plane crash were recovered and identified after crews initially struggled to reach the wreckage in southeast Alaska due to poor weather conditions.

Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot and five passengers late Saturday following the crash Thursday. The aircraft went down as the pilot was returning the passengers to Ketchikan from Misty Fjords National Monument.