Alaska DC-4 CRASH | ATC recording (2 FATALITIES)

I was sent the ARFF and local fire dispatch audio from a local source, the rest I compiled via liveatc.

"Tell them I love them...tell em I love them"....said by the pilot...so very sad. May they RIP.

Condolences to the families of both pilots.

My last ride in a DC-4 was in Jan.1969. A Navy/MAC aircraft, from NAAS Fallon NV to our home base at NAS Lemoore, CA. Winter '69 was one of those extremely wet periods, same as CA experienced in 2003 and the snow in the high Sierras was likely up to 100' in some areas. The DC-4 used most of the Fallon runway getting airborne, then we cruised 50' above the ground for what seemed like about 2 hours, then turned west toward the mountains. We flew through the highest peaks and below us was the most beautiful winter scene I've ever witnessed. Only the tops of the tallest pine trees poked through the snow cover. The rest of the landscape was the purest, virgin white and I don't recall seeing any wildlife, anywhere, although we were low enough to the terrain to easily see a large animal . We sailors sat in our seats talking about our chances, should our plane fail to make the climb, but eventually we made it over the highest ridge and heard the engines relax a little as we began our descent over the San Joaquin Valley. I'll never forget that flight and consider myself lucky to have been seated in an airplane that flew it low and slow.

If you go back until the 80's you can find at least 4 DC-4's where the engines have departed the aircraft

Man, RIP to the two lost on that crash. Hope their families are okay

Words are not enough here! I need to look in on the NTSB report on this one.

What a tragedy for them and their families bless

Unanswered comms checks are so poignant. Think Columbia. RIP.

Hard to give a thumbs up over such a tragedy but I did like your posting.

Profit over Lives? No need to use 82 Year old airframe for commercial purpose. This should have been in museum. Poor souls. RIP

R.I.P. Sad

R. I. P.

Just watched MaXtanic Films Aviation channel and he brought up a list of these same planes having the same problem.

I used to fly a Convair 580 20+ years ago. Back then it was a 50 year old airplane. There is no excuse other than trying to save money, that these old piece's of sh@t are still flying. I feel so bad for the crew, what an awful last few seconds they had. RIp.

It’s sad they lost all control of the plane. Not even a chance to try to put it down safely. Obviously the maintenance will need to be investigated.

explosion at 1:06 wow how does that happen?

RIP❤

Onboard fire while hauling fuel and engine failure.

sad all around. these are tired old airframes doing grunt work. jmo