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Sat Jun 20, 2020, 07:11 AM Jun 2020

Alaska's 'Into the Wild' bus, known as a deadly tourist lure, has been removed by air [View all]

From https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/alaska-into-the-wild-bus-removed-trnd/index.html


Alaska's 'Into the Wild' bus, known as a deadly tourist lure, has been removed by air

Pierre Meilhan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN • Published 19th June 2020


The famed bus was airlifted off the trail in Alaska for safety

(CNN) — The abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska -- made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild" -- has made its first journey in decades. This time by air.

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter airlifted the bus, also known as the Fairbanks Bus 142 and the "Magic Bus," on Thursday afternoon, the Alaska National Guard said.

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