Unalaska, AK – State troopers are continuing their efforts to recover the body of a 48-year-old helicopter pilot, who died in a crash on Saturday. Lonnie Kennedy had just dropped off two passengers and was attempting to take off from Chernofski Point when the helicopter skid caught the ground.

Trooper Daniel Blizzard is leading the recovery effort.

"My concern as a trooper, and the family's concern obviously is to get the remains back to the family," says Blizzard.

Weather has prevented state troopers from making it out to Chernofski Point. Peters says that the troopers hope to get there today.

"Weather really has hampered the effort," says Peters. "It's not safe for us to fly out to the site to do the recovery. We're going to attempt to go out today, but it's really dependent on the weather situation. We really don't want to lose anybody else in this."