A Canadian waterbomber plane crashed while fighting Australia bushfires, killing all three of its crew. The cause of the crash is still unknown
SYDNEY - A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said.
A spokesman for Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority said the aircraft went into a valley to drop the retardant and did not emerge. Coulson said the plane was on a firebombing mission with a load of retardant, and added that it would send a team to the crash site to assist. According to its flight data, the aircraft departed the Richmond air force base in western Sydney around 12:15 p.m. . It dropped off radar just after 2 p.m.
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