Comment on 3 US crew members were killed when a large air tanker crashed in Australia while fighting bushfires

3 US crew members were killed when a large air tanker crashed in Australia while fighting bushfires

Brook Mitchell/Getty Images An Australian official confirmed at a press conference Thursday that three Americans died when a large air tanker crashed in the Snowy Monaro region of the state of New South Wales. A different official said all three crew members on board the aircraft were US firefighters. A representative for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority told Business Insider that the aircraft was a C-130 Hercules operated by Coulson Aviation.

 

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