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The Federal Aviation Administration described the plane as a Douglas C-54. Troopers identified it as a DC-4. The NTSB was sending investigators to the site, Johnson said.

There was no immediate word on their conditions. The C-54 is a military version of the Douglas DC-4, which was a World War II-era airplane.