Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Mike Wassing says he expects the investigation into the crash will “take weeks, if not months” to piece together exactly how the crash which killed three occurred.
All three personnel worked for AGAIR and were contracted by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services to use a line-scan aircraft to assist with fire mapping and has had no immediate impact on any firebombing air operations.
“It had departed Toowoomba tracking to Mt Isa to also do … operations in those areas when the incident occurred,” Mr Wassing said at a press conference on Sunday. Whether the aircraft was conducting mapping when the crash occurred is unknown and will be part of the investigations conducted by the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau.
Investigators from the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau are yet to reach the impact site as it is very remote and difficult to access.
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