DHC-3 Otter turboprop plane on sightseeing mission crashes in Alaska – 9 killed

Eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot were killed when a sightseeing plane DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter turboprop crashed in southeastern Alaska. The reasons for the crash is not known but, it was found against the cliff's granite rock face, 800 feet above Ella Lake.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 25 June 2015.

The deaths have been confirmed by the Alaska office of the National Transportation Safety Board. It has added that rainy and windy weather was hindering recovery of the bodies off the cliff about 20 miles northeast of Ketchikan. It is in a steep, mountainous terrain.
The sightseeing was of the Misty Fjords National Monument and the ship was on a seven-day cruise that had come from Seattle. The attractions of the tour of the 2-million-acre Misty Fjord National Monument in its float planes were the towering granite cliffs, 1,000-foot waterfalls, lush and remote valleys and serene crystalline lakes that make up the incredible landscape.
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