A cruise ship excursion plane has crashed in Alaska killing all nine people on board.<br /><br /> Search teams found the wreckage of the DeHavilland Otter aircraft on a cliff face about 240 metres above Ella Lake.<br /><br /> Rescue teams were unable to get close to the crash site before bad weather forced a break in the operation.<br /><br /> “The initial rescue crew that went in had a very tough time because of the terrain,” said the head of the Alaska office of the National Transportation Safety Board Clint Johnson. “It’s a very steep, mountainous area and weather conditions caused them to stand down.”<br /><br /> Investigators say it is too soon to be able to identify the cause of the accident, or even to say if the plane had flown into the cliff.
