BIG AVIATION REPORT

Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 16:50:01 MT

AVWEB · SAFETY

TWO KILLED IN YOSEMITE FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER ACCIDENT...

Two pilots were killed Sunday when a firefighting helicopter crashed in Yosemite National Park while supporting suppression efforts on the Dome Fire.

SCOTT: Old airlifters making a second life as tankers is the right kind of surplus story. Just remember: a new mission does not erase an old fatigue life. Ask what they recertified, not what they painted red.

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