Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 Wednesday. The pilot had made radio contact about the in-fight emergency shortly after taking off […]

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