A Douglas DC-4 airplane with two people on board crashed just minutes after takeoff in the Alaska city of Fairbanks, causing a fiery accident, according to authorities.
A plane carrying two people crashed in the Tanana River near Fairbanks on the morning of Tuesday, April 23. The pilot attempted to return to the plane to the airport before it went down into the frozen river around 10:00 a.
The crew of a doomed cargo plane reported an in-flight fire and requested a return to the Fairbanks airport before the plane crashed into the Tanana River on Tuesday, an official from the National Transportation Safety Board said.
One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on board, a federal aviation official said.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - An aircraft carrying two people crashed along a river in central Alaska on Tuesday. According to the Alaska Department of Public Safety, a military version of the Douglas DC-4 called a C-54 crashed into the Tanana River south of Fairbanks late Tuesday morning,
Two people died Tuesday morning when a cargo plane crashed on the Tanana River near Fairbank State Troopers said. The aircraft, described by troopers as a Douglas DC-4, crashed shortly after leaving Fairbanks International Airport,
An aerial photo of the plane crash site along the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday,. (Alaska State Troopers) Alaska State Troopers say no survivors have been found after a large cargo plane crashed near Fairbanks Tuesday with two people aboard.
This morning at 10 a.m., the Alaska State Troopers responded to a plane crash approximately seven miles south of the Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), along the Tanana River.
First responders were conducting an "active rescue" Tuesday morning after a plane crashed in the area of the Tanana River in Fairbanks, officials said. Few details were immediately available about the crash.