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Posted: 2/6/2023 10:59:45 AM EDT
I didn't know that 737's were used as fire bombers.
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Hopefully the pilots come out ok. It's a miracle they're alive to be taken to the hospital
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Crash can mean a lot of things in aviation. If the crew were recovered by EMS personnel and taken to a hospital then it's probably not the "plane crash" you first envisioned.
Thanks to nebulous media headlines. |
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“The two pilots on board were retrieved from the crash site by helicopter and airlifted to Ravensthorpe Airport. Both survived the crash with minor injuries...
https://simpleflying.com/coulson-aviation-boeing-737-crash/ |
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Must have been a rough landing. According to that tracker it still exists and was moved from the runway.
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Amazing they survived. I'm glad it finally stopped raining down there, sucks for fires though.
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Quoted: “The two pilots on board were retrieved from the crash site by helicopter and airlifted to Ravensthorpe Airport. Both survived the crash with minor injuries... https://simpleflying.com/coulson-aviation-boeing-737-crash/ View Quote Outstanding! Any landing you can walk away from.... ![]() |
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Quoted: Must have been a rough landing. According to that tracker it still exists and was moved from the runway. View Quote "Having dropped the substances, flight tracking data suggests that the aircraft began to climb out of the area as it had many times previously. However, this time the Boeing 737 only managed to reach around 1,800ft before crashing in the vicinity of the fire it had been fighting." |
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I was much less interested in the big fire planes when I found out they filled them on the ground
![]() Be interesting to see what comes of the crash investigation. Watching vids of the flying these guys do I’m amazed there aren’t more issues. |
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Fuuudge.
2 were lost in a heli crash in Chile this weekend. Coulson is one of these biggest tanker contractors in the US. They are common all around the US during fire season. The air crew is probably American. Hope they are okay. |
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Glad to hear they survived. I had a friend/coworker pass away on a firefighting C-130 from Coulson that crashed in Australia about 3 years ago.
RIP Rick |
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Must have been some sh*t hot pilots to sort of walk away from whatever happened..
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Quoted: They need to get the super tanker down there to drop 20,000 gallons at time. I think its a 747-400 https://a57.foxnews.com/a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/11/640/320/1862/1048/soop99.jpg?ve=1&tl=1?ve=1&tl=1 View Quote Neat bird, but not particularly effective if you look at cost per drop. |
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Quoted: They need to get the super tanker down there to drop 20,000 gallons at time. I think its a 747-400 https://a57.foxnews.com/a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/11/640/320/1862/1048/soop99.jpg?ve=1&tl=1?ve=1&tl=1 View Quote Dropping during the Socal fires ![]() 747 air drop on Liberty Fire |
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![]() Coulson 737 'Fireliner' Airtanker Down Australia 6 Feb 2023 |
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I hope the black box is recovered. I really want to hear from the pilots. Should be one hell of a story.
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View Quote i feel like that guy as been busy lately |
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If they were full....maybe they just put out their own fire?
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Quoted: They need to get the super tanker down there to drop 20,000 gallons at time. I think its a 747-400 https://a57.foxnews.com/a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/11/640/320/1862/1048/soop99.jpg?ve=1&tl=1?ve=1&tl=1 View Quote No longer a tanker. |
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Quoted: Crash can mean a lot of things in aviation. If the crew were recovered by EMS personnel and taken to a hospital then it's probably not the "plane crash" you first envisioned. Thanks to nebulous media headlines. View Quote Seems pretty crashed to me. ![]() |
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Quoted: Seems pretty crashed to me. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/299604/EF46BFFC-290F-4A7C-AFBF-86A4876B36D5_jpe-2701078.JPG View Quote Thank God for flat ground. |
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video
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Quoted: Seems pretty crashed to me. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/299604/EF46BFFC-290F-4A7C-AFBF-86A4876B36D5_jpe-2701078.JPG View Quote They still have half a ship. ![]() |
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View Quote And they walked away. ![]() |
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Any landing you walk away from is a GOOD landing. That's not a crash.
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The pilot of that aircraft is the brother of one of my good friends here (Boyd).
I haven't seen Boyd yet since the crash, but he has talked to his brother briefly right after the crash. Hopefully, he can give me some info. Boyd himself also flew the 737 fire bomber over there in Australia. |
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Wow they walked away from that. Has there been any pictures of how long the skid mark is?
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I will never forget the video of that C-130 fire bomber having its wings fold up while dropping a load.
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Landing that thing on a dirt road went much better than I'd expect, really.
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