Efforts to retrieve the bodies of two men who tragically lost their lives in a recent plane crash within Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve have been deemed unsafe by officials.
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Pilot Jason Tucker, 45, of Wasilla and passenger Nicolas Blace, 44, of Chugiak, are presumed to have died when their PA-18 aircraft crashed in a tributary of the West Fork of the Yenta River, located in the southwest preserve of the national park.was informed of an overdue aircraft Aug. 9, but poor weather forced the initial search flight to turn around that evening.
Within the last week, rangers visited the site five times, lowering a rope down multiple gullies. However, each presented a significant overhead rockfall hazard, officials said.
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