Korean S-76 Firefighting Incident
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Korean S-76 Firefighting Incident
Looking for more information about the model/serial of this aircraft, all replies are appreciated.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nat...81_395005.html
EDIT (additional sources)
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/490716
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nat...81_395005.html
EDIT (additional sources)
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/490716
Last edited by OttoRotate; 26th March 2025 at 17:20.
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A couple of options: https://www.jetphotos.com/airline/Air%20Palace
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“According to the Korea Forest Service, 23 other S-76 helicopters remain available, and it plans to put them back in operation if they pass safety tests.”
very sad...
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Those details may have been somewhat scrambled in translation?
I hadn't realised S76 is used for "fire bombing" work but ABC News item on the Korean fires shows one with an underslung bucket:
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105085856
While power lines appear close to the crash site in several of the available photos in ASN links, if the S76 hit those lines, it would have been very low to sloping ground?
Last edited by helispotter; 26th March 2025 at 23:31. Reason: S76 are being used with bambi buckets...
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After the AW 139 came on the scene a number of operators dumped the S76 and the 365 from their fleets. Often they went for far less than the value of the components and of course many were broken up for spares.
We sold one 365 for a million euros. Speaking to the buyer he commented that they had just had a quote for 800,000 euros for a gearbox overhaul for one of their fleet.
He was also very surprised by the excellent condition of the aircraft although it was high time.
We were putting aircraft through end of lease and the finance companies were selling them for less than we spent to hand them back.
I think a number of operators bought them to use on the basis that if it breaks we shove it in the corner and cannibalise it.
So some of them finding their way into aerial work makes sense. At the time we said to the company we should buy them off the bank and break them ourselves.
At least we would have broken even at worst.
We sold one 365 for a million euros. Speaking to the buyer he commented that they had just had a quote for 800,000 euros for a gearbox overhaul for one of their fleet.
He was also very surprised by the excellent condition of the aircraft although it was high time.
We were putting aircraft through end of lease and the finance companies were selling them for less than we spent to hand them back.
I think a number of operators bought them to use on the basis that if it breaks we shove it in the corner and cannibalise it.
So some of them finding their way into aerial work makes sense. At the time we said to the company we should buy them off the bank and break them ourselves.
At least we would have broken even at worst.
