LARGE AIR TANKER INCIDENT
At approximately 4.15pm a Large Air Tanker crashed while responding to a bushfire in the Fitzgerald River National Park.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737 Airliner, is a National Large Air Tanker currently based in Western Australia. It departed Busselton-Margaret River Airport, bound for the bushfire, at approximately 3.30pm.
The two occupants removed themselves from the aircraft. Both were retrieved from the crash site by helicopter and taken to Ravensthorpe Airport, where they were then transferred to a local medical facility.
Video from the last weekly systems check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AHmm5N4WFI