Sightseeing Plane Crashes In Alaska, Killing All 9 On Board, Authorities Say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say all nine people aboard a sightseeing airplane died when it crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska.

Clint Johnson, head of the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska office, confirmed weather is preventing the recovery of bodies Thursday evening off a cliff about 20 miles northeast of Ketchikan.

Attempts to recover the bodies will resume Friday.

The plane was carrying eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot. It went missing Thursday afternoon and was crashed against the granite rock face of a southeast Alaska cliff.

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