Investigators to examine wreckage and interview two pilots who were responding to a bushfire in the Fitzgerald River national park
Two pilots battling a blaze on Western Australia’s southern coast have managed to free themselves after their Boeing 737 firebomber aircraft crashed.
The national large air tanker crashed at 4.15pm on Monday afternoon while responding to a bushfire in the Fitzgerald River national park, Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services said. The two pilots survived the crash with minor injuries and escaped the aircraft wreckage. They were retrieved by helicopter and conveyed to hospital.
Police received the report of the crash at about 4.40pm, a little over an hour after the aircraft had departed Busselton-Margaret River regional airport. A bushfire watch and act warning had been issued for the Fitzgerald River national park on Monday morning. The blaze had burnt 900 hectares by the evening, according to
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