An American Airlines DC-6 (NC90741), on a flight from San Francisco to Chicago with 25 crew and passengers aboard, reported an on-board fire over Arizona and managed to make an emergency landing in flames at the airport at Gallup, New Mexico.
A U.S.-based airline's DC-6 aircraft encountered a fire while en route from San Francisco to Chicago, with 25 people on board. The plane landed safely at Gallup Airport in New Mexico despite the blaze.