Conditions Are Too Dangerous to Recover Bodies of 2 Men Killed in Alaska Plane Crash, Officials Say

A ravine on a tributary of the West Fork of the Yenta River inside Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve where a small airplane crashed, killing a pilot and a hunter on Aug. 10, 2023. National Park Service via AP

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska—Recovering the bodies of two men killed earlier this month in a plane crash in a ravine cannot be performed safely, officials at Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve said.

“If and when environmental conditions change, such as lower water volume or a frozen river allows access on foot, we will consider a recovery at that time,” Denali’s Chief Ranger Jordan Neumann said in a statement Monday.