Ag plane down in Traralgon, VIC

[0ttoL]

https://news.cfa.vic.gov.au/-/plane-...ralgon-paddock

[Squawk7700]

Better there than half way to New Zealand !!

[Cloudee]

Looks like the rego numbers fell off during the heavy landing.

[Kulwin Park]

That had only just gone through a rebuild in NSW !!!!!!!!!!! To tear the undercarriage off is a mean feat on those! Lucky it had wire strike cutters on its steel legs. VH-TVU from memory

[The name is Porter]

Lucky it didn't catch on fire!

[machtuk]

That thing was going to NZ? That's one very brave lucky driver! -

[Capt Fathom]

A Brave driver indeed!

[industry insider]

From the article:

CFA crews are on scene monitoring a gas spill.

I thought they normally ran on coal, must be the low emission version.

[The name is Porter]

A very experienced driver who has done that trip on multiple occasions in those types of aircraft!

[The name is Porter]

Monitoring it from where? The bogged firetruck??

[Squawk7700]

GL must have 9 lives !

[Kulwin Park]

Do they put a ferry fuel tank inside the hopper, or convert the hopper to a ferry fuel tank for a flight like that to NZ?

[Deaf]

Originally Posted by Kulwin Park

Do they put a ferry fuel tank inside the hopper, or convert the hopper to a ferry fuel tank for a flight like that to NZ?

Given where it landed there maybe some questions about that

[Squawk7700]

Originally Posted by Deaf

Given where it landed there maybe some questions about that

... and why would that be exactly ?

[Engineer_aus]

The hopper is turned into a fuel tank. There is a conversion that is done.