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Old 23rd Jan 2020, 05:19
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Cleared Visual
 
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Originally Posted by SnowFella
Already seen mentioned that all the Coulson airframes we have in NSW have been grounded.
Not sure of the validity of it though as it came from someone not showing any official sources.
Actually it came directly from the NSW RFS commissioner. He stated during a press conference that it is a precautionary grounding initiated by Coulson to rule out things like fuel contamination across their fleet or other "systematic issues" within their operation that may have contributed, as well as a "mark of respect" and for the psychological welfare of their other crews (per the article below). I expect they'll be back up in the air within days or even hours.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-...54?pfmredir=sm

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