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treadigraph

7th Aug 2023 08:54

Fire fighting helicopters mid-air, 6/8/2023

Three killed in a Bell 407 after colliding with a CH-64 near Banning, California. CH-64 made a heavy landing.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/343287

pattern_is_full

7th Aug 2023 23:00

Fighting wildfires is dangerous - fighting wildfires from the air is dangerous - fighting wildfires from the air in a narrow mountain pass, with high winds, low sun (6pm local) and no doubt clouds of smoke and retardant.....well...

A rough and ugly job, and my deepest respects to those with the skill and courage to take it on. But sometime it requires luck as well. And perhaps the luck just ran out.

We can hope the final report will clarify what went wrong and how.

DaveReidUK

8th Aug 2023 07:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by treadigraph (Post 11480573)

Three killed in a Bell 407 after colliding with a CH-64 near Banning, California. CH-64 made a heavy landing.

Being picky, the Skycrane is an S-64 (military designation CH-54 Tarhe, thought the accident aircraft wasn't ex-mil).

Senior Pilot

8th Aug 2023 07:23

Thread running here with fuller details 👍

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