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The U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has an aging fleet of contracted fixed-wing airtankers to assist in fighting wildfires. Tragically, there were two fatal crashes of Forest Service–contracted airtankers in 2002. On June 17, 2002, a C-130A experienced an in-fli...

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Hauptverfasser:	Edward G. Keating, Andrew R. Morral, Carter C. Price, Dulani Woods, Daniel M. Norton, Christina Panis, Evan Saltzman, Ricardo Sanchez
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aerospace engineering Agriculture Aircraft Applied ecology Applied sciences Aviation Biological sciences Biology Botany Business Business administration Corporate governance Corporate policies Cost control Cost functions Disasters Ecology Economic costs Economic costs and benefits Economics Ecosystem management Engineering Environmental management Fire engineering Fire fighting Fire management Fires Forest fires Forest management Forest resources Forest service Forestry Health and wellness Health sciences Microeconomics Minimization of cost Natural resource management Public health Water bombers Wildfires Wildland firefighting
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Zusammenfassung:	The U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has an aging fleet of contracted fixed-wing airtankers to assist in fighting wildfires. Tragically, there were two fatal crashes of Forest Service–contracted airtankers in 2002. On June 17, 2002, a C-130A experienced an in-flight breakup initiated by the separation of the right wing, followed by the separation of the left wing, while executing a fire retardant drop over a forest fire near Walker, California. All three flight crewmembers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. On July 18, 2002, a Forest Service–contracted P4Y aircraft experienced an