ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Two people were injured in Fairbanks after their small plane crashed Thursday morning at Fairbanks International Airport.Authorities responded at about 11 a.m. to Runway 20R at the south end of the airport. Officials say the Beechcraft Bonanza 33 had just taken off when it apparently began to lose power.
Airport police chief Moses Villalobos says the pilot radioed in that he was having trouble, and was attempting to return to the airport when the plane crashed into a grassy area near the runway.
Villalobos says the two passengers were alert and conscious as they were being taken to the hospital. The extent of their injuries was unknown as of Thursday afternoon.
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