Poor Weather Hampers Crash Victim Recovery Efforts in Alaska

Poor Weather Hampers Crash Victim Recovery Efforts in Alaska
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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JUNEAU, Alaska—Poor weather conditions were hindering efforts to recover the bodies of six people who were killed when a sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska, Alaska State Troopers said Friday.

The plane crashed Thursday as the pilot was returning five passengers to Ketchikan from Misty Fjords National Monument, the Federal Aviation Administration said.