Originally Posted by
DuncanDoenitz
The result is, of course, tragic and traumatic.
But if I've got this right, and I don't care how well they've cleaned it, they are using pesticide-delivery equipment to spray vapour onto the participants at a family event which includes a pregnant woman.
The risk of any actual contamination is extremely low in that instance. The likelihood that the aircraft was well decontaminated prior to this event is very high. I would very much doubt if the unrealistic fear of agricultural chemical contamination is going to form a part of the investigation.
We have many dual purpose Air Tractors across the USA and Australia spraying in the morning and firebombing in the afternoon. Even our chemical-phobic government agencies don't blink an eye at the low potential of significant contamination of off-target areas despite the fact that it has been drawn to their attention.
Of course there are a number of Air Tractors dedicated to firebombing operations only but many aren't. Most have a recent history of both spraying and firebombing operations.