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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said.
An aeroplane carrying two passengers crashed into icy waters and burst into flames near Fairbanks, Alaska, shortly after taking off on Tuesday morning, authorities have said. The plane, a Douglas ...
The roughly 80-year-old plane departed Fairbanks just before 10 a.m., loaded with 3,200 gallons (12,100 liters) of heating oil destined for Kobuk, an Inupiat village of less than 200 people ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said. It was not immediately known how many people were on board. The website www.airlines.net said standard passenger seating for a DC-4 was 44 during its heyday, but most have been converted to freighters.
An Alaska Air Fuel C-54D (registration N3054V) [211] crashed into the Tanana River, shortly after taking off from Fairbanks International Airport, killing both pilots. [212] One of the pilots had reported a fire on board just before the aircraft went down and video footage shot of the aircraft just before the crash showed one of the left side ...
A US Air Force pilot safely escaped after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, ... located about 25 miles south of Fairbanks ...
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: 5 crew and 83 passengers.
May 27 – A Super King Air 200 crashed in the Río de la Plata, near Carmelo, Uruguay, killing 5 and wounding 4. [65] July 23 – An American pilot attempting to fly around the world in 30 days to promote education crashed with his plane in the Pacific Ocean, killing him and leaving his father, also on board, missing. [66]