The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...

As CarScoops points out, using a water bomber to put out a vehicle fire is ... to the scene in time to contain the blaze. Hence the airplane. The accident, involving a grader and semi truck ...

The Super Huey is crewed by up to 11 emergency personnel and can pick up and dump 1,226 litres of water or fire retardant during bucket-bombing operations or up to 227 litres using a pilot ...

Sixty-seven people were believed to have died after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

A Chinook helicopter makes a water-bombing run over the Palisades on the ... meaning it can cycle through its drops a lot more quickly than an airplane that has to return to an airport to reload.

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...

Amid the assault to quell the blazes, one aircraft has stood out in particular: Canada’s iconic yellow firefighting planes scooping up water from ... firefighting plane which has unique size ...

A Quebec water bomber that was grounded after colliding ... but they do not appear connected to the drone that hit the Quebec plane last Thursday. In an emailed statement to CBC News, the U.S ...

The science behind the temperatures? Water transfers heat away from the body 25 times faster than air, according to Johnson. On Wednesday night, the Potomac River water temperature, specifically the ...

A Quebec water bomber fighting the Palisades Fire in Los ... The collision left the CL-415 plane with a "sizable hole in its wing," said Christopher Thomas, a spokesperson with the California ...

Of course, the transition from airliner to fire bomber required ... and mountains below. The airplane lumbers low over Crater Lake National Park, the deep blue water sparkling.