Sunday 8 December 2019

Another fire fighting helicopter crashes

Another helicopter has crashed while fighting fires here in Australia.
This time it was a Touchdown Helicopters (Bell) UH-1H Iroquois, operating for NSW Rural Fire Service. The engine of the helicopter caught fire while collecting water supplies while fire-fighting operations in Crawford River, (north of Newcastle) New South Wales yesterday. The helicopter sustained substantial damage when it made a 'hard landing' and resulted in the loss of both the main rotor and main gear box. The pilot was uninjured.

Aircraft Information.
Owner: Touchdown Helicopters
Aircraft: OAS Parts LLC / (Bell) UH-1H Iroquois
Registration: VH-OXI
Serial Number: 4204
Built: 2013

On the 13th November I also posted a story about another helicopter that crashed while fighting fires here in South East Queensland. You can read that story here
https://madaboutplanes.blogspot.com/2019/11/helicpoter-crashes-in-hard-landing.html


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