The four-propeller Hercules drops more than 4,000 gallons of fire retardant in a single pass.Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the national air crash investigator, and state police will investigate the crash site, which firefighters described as an active fire ground.“There is no indication at this stage of what’s caused the accident,” Fitzsimmons said.Berejiklian said there were more than 1,700 volunteers and personnel in the field, and five fires were being described at an “emergency warning” level — the most dangerous on a three-tier scale — across the state and on the fringes of the national capital Canberra.Also Thursday, Canberra Airport closed temporarily because of nearby wildfires, and residents south of the city were told to seek shelter. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into the collision with terrain of a Lockheed C-130 large air tanker during aerial firefighting operations north-east of Cooma, NSW on 23 January 2020, in which three aircrew were fatally injured. © 1996 - 2020 NewsHour Productions LLC. "What drove, Ian, Paul and Rick and still drives our team, is the mission of supporting communities … across the world. 3 US Firefighters Killed in C-130 Water Bomber Crash in Australia The crashed C-130 firefighting plane, like the one pictured here, was operated by Canada's Coulson Aviation. They were helping Australia, far from their own homes, an embodiment of the deep friendship between our two countries,” she said in a statement.“Thank you to these three, and to all the brave firefighters from Australia and around the world. We are ever grateful,” she added.The tragedy brings the death toll from the blazes to at least 31 since September. All Rights Reserved.Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans World. It said the accident was “extensive” but had few other details.“The only thing I have from the field reports are that the plane came down, it’s crashed and there was a large fireball associated with that crash,” said Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she had conveyed Australia’s condolences to U.S.

"When we learned of the accident, we took a decision to ground our crew in NSW and Victoria," Mr Coulson said.

"Any death is confronting. The fires have also destroyed more than 2,600 homes and razed more than 10.4 million hectares (25.7 million acres), an area bigger than the U.S. state of Indiana.Coulson grounded other firefighting aircraft as a precaution pending investigation, reducing planes available to firefighters in New South Wales and neighboring Victoria state. In this undated photo released from the Rural Fire Service, a C-130 Hercules plane called "Thor" drops water during a flight in Australia.

"This was so our team members could take time to understand this loss.

Crash investigators return to the wreckage of the C-130 where three US firefighters died, while arrangements are being made for the victims' families to visit the site. A second fire near the airport that started on Thursday morning is at a “watch and act” level — the middle of the three tiers.Residents in some Canberra suburbs were advised to seek shelter and others to leave immediately.“The defense force is both assisting to a degree and looking to whether that needs to be reinforced,” Chief of Defense Angus Campbell told reporters.“I have people who are both involved as persons who need to be moved from areas and office buildings that are potentially in danger, and also those persons who are part of the (Operation) Bushfire Assist effort,” he said.Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Saeed Khan/AFP file photo Crash investigators have returned to the wreckage of the Large Air Tanker where three US firefighters died, while arrangements are being made for the victims' families to visit the site.It said five of its investigators as well as a C-130 expert with the Defence Flight Safety Bureau were examining the debris to determine what components would be collected for analysis in Canberra. Officials in Australia on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, searched for a water tanker plane feared to have crashed while fighting wildfires. "Site mapping is a critical element of this investigation's initial evidence gathering phase," said ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood. The airport reopened after several hours with Qantas operating limited services, but Virgin and Singapore Airlines canceled flights for the rest of the day.The blaze started Wednesday but strong winds and high temperatures caused conditions in Canberra to deteriorate.

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