Preliminary Report Sheds Light On 737 Water Bomber Crash

Boeing 737 firefighting tanker
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SINGAPORE—The pilots of a Coulson Aviation Boeing 737-300 firefighting tanker tried to pull the aircraft out from a retardant drop before accelerating the engines, resulting in the aircraft clipping a ridgeline and then crashing. Both pilots survived the Feb. 6 incident in Western Australia. In a...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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