Accidents Raise Concern for Safety Of Aging Firefighting Aircraft
Two crashes of heavy air tankers due to wing loss, followed by a fatal helicopter accident--all within a six-week period--triggered the formation last week of a blue ribbon commission to assess the U.S. Forest Service's aerial firefighting program. The panel will be headed by Jim Hall, who served as...
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