Those Fatally Injured Have Been Identified

The NTSB has released a series of photographs of the DHC-3T Otter airplane that went down late last week near Ketchikan, AK, resulting in the fatal injury of all nine people on board.

Eight of those had been passengers aboard a cruise ship that was making a port call in Ketchikan. According to television station KTUU, They have been identified as Rowland Cheney, 71 and Mary Coucette, 59, from Lodi, CA; Glenda and Hugh Cambiaso of North Potomac, MD, ages 31 and 65, respectively; June (73) and Leonard (63) Kranenbug of Medford, OR; and Sparks, NV residents Margie and Raymond Apodaca, 63 and 70.

The pilot was 64-year-old Bryan Krill of Hope, ID. He was also fatally injured in the accident. The relatives of all of those fatally injured had been notified before the photographs were released to the media.

The aircraft apparently impacted a steep cliff at about 800 feet over Ella Lake at about 1300 local time Thursday.

The NTSB team is expected to continue working at the site, which is described as "treacherous" by NTSB lead investigator Brice Banning, through the early part of this week.

(NTSB Images)

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