WAR (Army Sgt. 1st Class Tim Beery) - Utah National Guard Aviation Crews Support Wildfire Response
Utah Army National Guardsmen conducted water bucket drops to support local agencies in suppressing wildfires across the state.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Two helicopter pilots killed while battling wildfire in Utah
The pilots died after their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter crashed Friday morning, according to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Firefighting helicopter crashes battling Utah wildfire with two aboard, conditions unknown
A heavy-lift helicopter went down while fighting a massive wildfire in central Utah, and dangerous fire conditions kept rescue crews from reaching the two people on board for hours. The Sikorsky S-64, a workhorse aircraft capable of carrying more than 2,000 gallons of water, crashed at approximately 10 a.m. local time on August 7 near […] The post Firefighting helicopter crashes battling Utah wildfire with two aboard, conditions unknown appeared first on American Almanac .
A heavy-lift helicopter went down while fighting a massive wildfire in central Utah, and dangerous fire conditions kept rescue crews from reaching the two people on board for hours. The Sikorsky S-64, a workhorse aircraft capable of carrying more than 2,000 gallons of water, crashed at approximately 10 a.m. local time on August 7 near Richfield, Utah, while crews fought the Widemouth 2 Fire on Fishlake National Forest. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed two people were aboard. As of that evening, no one had reached the wreckage, and the fate of both crew members remained unknown. The crash itself ignited a secondary fire, compounding an already volatile situation on the ground. Tyler Hecht of the Great Basin Incident…Open
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Firefighting helicopters collide mid-air
While battling a raging wildfire near Athens two firefighting helicopters collided mid-air killing the two crew members on board.
HUFFPOST - Helicopter Helping To Battle Colorado Wildfire Crashes, Killing Pilot
The contract pilot left behind a wife and two children.