CL-215 crash, Italy, last words...

[414Flyer]

A CL-215 scooper crashed in a house while working a fire in Italy, they hit power lines, and apparently was on fire from that. Reportedly the last words were :

”We die, there is nothing else we can do… we are heading out to sea”.

Rather sobering, especially for those of us in the aerial firefighting community.

Godspeed....

 

[Global33]

May they rest in peace.

 

[avbug]

There before the grace...

 

[Snakum]

”We die, there is nothing else we can do… we are heading out to sea”.

There's something about this that is kinda' cool ... in a brave sorta' way. I mean ... based on CVR transcripts, most guys are screaming an explicative on the way in, if they know, in fact, that they're heading in.

So I just thought this was kinda' smooth.


Minh

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

yew're back tew?

 

[ShawnC]

There's something about this that is kinda' cool ... in a brave sorta' way. I mean ... based on CVR transcripts, most guys are screaming an explicative on the way in, if they know, in fact, that they're heading in.

Funny, I read the oppsite, it was in an aviation quote, where one of the guys who regularly reviews the tapes, says that often the last words are "oh $hit" said with no emotion in their voice at all.