Plane crashes into river in Alaska, officials say | Alaska

A Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. No survivors have been found, Alaska state troopers said.The plane took off in the morning from Fairbanks international airport. It crashed about 7 miles (11km) from there and “slid into a steep hill on the bank of the river where it caught fire,” according to Alaska state troopers.The Federal Aviation Administration described the plane as a Douglas C-54. Troopers identified it as a DC-4. The C-54 is a military version of the DC-4, which was a second world war-era…