Reduced visibility hampers Alaska plane wreckage effort

Foggy, reduced-visibility conditions have delayed efforts to recover the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed in southeast Alaska, killing six people

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Foggy and reduced visibility conditions delayed efforts to recover the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed in southeast Alaska, killing six people, a National Transportation Safety Board official said. Clint Johnson, chief of the agency’s Alaska region, said efforts to reach the site Sunday were called off due to poor conditions. The team planned to try again on Monday, he said. “However long it takes, we will wait for the weather and wait patiently for it. But we're going to get this done,” he said. The wreckage was in a rugged, steep area that is heavily forested, at 1,800 feet (549 meters) to 2,000 feet (609.6 meters) “up on the side of a mountain,” he said. The site is about 12 miles (19 miles) northeast of the small city of Ketchikan, Johnson said.