Cargo plane with two passengers crashes in Alaska

Cargo plane with two passengers crashes in Alaska

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A Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo plane with two people on board crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska, catching fire, and the two people on board did not survive.

A Douglas DC-4 cargo plane carrying two people crashed in the US state of Alaska, and according to US police, they are likely dead. This was reported by UNN with reference to ABC News.

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A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed in Alaska, USA. The plane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and caught fire, local authorities said. The people on board did not survive.

After a cargo plane crashed in the US state of Alaska, police fear two people are dead. None of the survivors have been found, police said on Tuesday.

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The Douglas DC-4 airplane was built during World War II, and there are only a few of these airplanes left in the world.  

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According to official reports, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in central Alaska.

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Earlier , UNN reported that a plane had crashed into the ocean near Half Moon Bay Airport in San Mateo County, California.