All three of its American crew were killed. Officials lost contact with the C-130 Hercules plane shortly before 1330 local.
Officials said it was still too early to speculate on the cause of the crash of the C-130 Hercules tanker plane on Thursday killing its entire crew just after it dumped a large load of retardant.
C 130 hercules crash australia. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into the collision with terrain of a Lockheed C-130 large air tanker during aerial firefighting operations north-east of Cooma NSW on 23 January 2020. Australian authorities said that they did not immediately know why the plane crashed while carrying a load of fire retardant. C-130 Hercules Owned by Canadian aerial fire-fighting company Coulson Aviation which operates in Australia The company was founded 30 years ago.
Three American crew members died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia officials. Three Americans are reported dead in the crash of a C-130 Hercules registration N134CG firefighting aircraft in the Monaro area of New South Wales Australia. The C-130 that crashed on Thursday was brought to Australia in August 2019 and Coulson Aviation had the required safety approvals for the operation of the aircraft in Australia.
New footage captures the C-130 Hercules which was battling Australian wildfires moments before it went down in New South Wales killing three US. A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker has crashed while fighting bush fires in Australias alpine region. According to Coulson Aviations website the C-130 is the company leading attacker in firefighting.
The plane went down the. Drone footage of the C-130 Hercules crash site Posted January 25 2020 151847 Three US fire crew members were killed when the waterbomber they were flying crashed. A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australias alpine region on Thursday killing all three of its crew authorities said By Reuters Staff January 23 2020.
C-130 Hercules News C-130 firefighting aircraft crashes in Australia January 22 2020 by Asif Shamim - An EC-130 firefighting aircraft from Coulson Aviation has crashed in the Monaro Area in Australian state of New South Wales while combating forest fires killing three crew members. The C-130H Hercules aircraft operated by Coulson Aviation feature a Coulson RADS-XXL 4000 US Gallon roll-on roll-off tanking system. An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia killing the three people on board.
The three were in a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker dropping fire retardant to help out out the blaze in New South Wales. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. C-130 Hercules Owned by Canadian aerial fire-fighting company Coulson Aviation which operates in Australia The company was founded 30 years ago.
The C-130 was acquired by Coulson in 2017 and converted the aircraft to perform aerial firefighting work.
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