Stormy weather however prevented immediate recovery of the bodies. The Head of National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Office, Clint Johnson said, "We have nine fatalities".
Recovery efforts in the rugged terrain about 20 miles northeast of Ketchikan were forced to end late Thursday due to rain and wind.
It was not immediately known why the plane crashed and the circumstances of crash and whether the plane flew into the cliff.
Recovery attempt resumes on Friday. The plane was found Thursday against the granite rock face of a cliff, 800 feet above Ella Lake.
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