[Untrue] Breaking: Water bombing aircraft crashes while fighting Portugal wildfires

Real World Aviation
#1

##This is NOT fake news, but it is untrue.

One Portuguese official gave a report, others later said it was untrue and no plane had in fact crashed.

Early stages. Very little info. Please add below if and when it arrives

Edit 16:47: Reported to be a Canadair tanker near Pedrogao

Edit 19:13: Portuguese officials now denying any crash. ‘Confusion’ according to BBC

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#2

Fight fire with fire… Hmm

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#3

I really hope there are no casualties because the people involved with the flight were flying for a good cause.

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#4

I’ve heard it’s fake news from the BBC:

Confusion over Portugal plane crash claim - BBC News
https://apple.news/A_nJInf_1SPiHZEPP2DtMCQ

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#5

Ha! Why do they do this to us?

#6

Portuguese seem to be confused about whether it actually happened. Someone’s getting it in the neck

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#7

Actually in some cases we do fight forest fires/wildfires with fire (drip torches to be exact) just another tactic to utilize depending on the strategy chosen by the commander based on weather conditions and resources readily available.

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#8

I think this can be closed as it is fake news…

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