By News on the Net Anchorage Daily News & RawsAlert——Bio and Archives--April 24, 2024
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Two people died Tuesday morning when a cargo plane crashed on the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska State Troopers said.
The aircraft, described by troopers as a Douglas DC-4, crashed shortly after leaving Fairbanks International Airport, troopers said in an update. The plane crashed into the river about 7 miles south of the airport, then “slid into a steep hill on the bank of the river where it caught fire,” troopers said. -- More...
#BREAKING: New Security footage has captured the moment when a Douglas C-54D-DC Skymaster, plane operated by Alaska Air Fuel, crashed soon after takeoff from Fairbanks International Airport in Alaska. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft was destroyed pic.twitter.com/t1MQd3wgB9
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 24, 2024
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