23 April 2024: fatal accident involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC4) propliner in Alaska, near Fairbanks...

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23 April 2024: fatal accident involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC4) propliner in Alaska, near Fairbanks...

Post by Stratofreighter »

...see
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386882
Date: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Time: 10:01
Type: Douglas C-54D-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator: Alaska Air Fuel Inc
Registration: N3054V
MSN: 10547
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category: Accident
Location: near Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), AK - United States of America
https://twitter.com/keremaliinal/status ... 4083798517
Terrifying video showing the Douglas C-54's engine burst into flames above a farm, moments before the plane crashed on the Tanana River, near Fairbanks, Alaska, earlier today.

I spoke with Mike Emers, a local farmer and one of the first people who ran to the plane crash with his son, describing the scene as “nothing left.”

Video credit: Mike Emers
...and
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386882
has more... :|


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0UU6MhU-k0
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: 23 April 2024: fatal accident involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC4) propliner in Alaska, near Fairbanks...

Post by janneman36 »

This is so sad…. :(
spotting is just like fishing only less slippery.....
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