NTSB: Burning engine, 'fire on board,' preceded fatal plane crash near Fairbanks alaskasnewssource.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from alaskasnewssource.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NTSB: Engine separated from cargo plane seconds before deadly crash near Fairbanks adn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane that crashed last week shortly after taking off on a flight to deliver fuel to a remote Alaska village, according to a preliminary crash report released Thursday. The witness said that shortly after the plane took off from a Fairbanks airport on April 23, he noticed that one of its engines wasn't running and that there was white smoke coming from it, the National Transportation Safety Board report states. When the plane turned south, he saw that the engine was on fire, it says.
The National Transportation Safety Board says a witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane that crashed last week shortly after taking off on a flight to deliver fuel to a remote Alaska village.
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