Two planes collide over Alaska; four killed

TRAPPER CREEK, Alaska - Two single-engine float planes collidedas they flew near an Alaska lake and one of them crashed and burned,killing the four people aboard, authorities said. The second planelanded safely despite significant damage.

The Cessna 180 was destroyed by the impact and fire, FederalAviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told The AssociatedPress.

"It was engulfed in flames on the ground," Alaska State Troopersspokeswoman Megan Peters said.

The crash around Amber Lake near Trapper Creek, 80 miles north ofAnchorage, came nearly three weeks after another in-flight collisionthat remarkably left the 13 people aboard the two aircraft …