Reminder from: | californiadisasters Yahoo! Group | |
Title: | 2008 Fatal Chopper Crash on SHF | |
Date: | Sunday August 5, 2012 | |
Time: | 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm | |
Location: | Trinity County - Shasta-Trinity NF | |
Notes: | On this date in 2008 a Sikorski S61 crashed and burned near Junction City, CA killing 9 of the 14 people aboard. Two pilots, one USFS and one private as well as 7 members of a Grayback Forestry private firefighting crew were killed. This occurred during a firefighter ferrying operation against the Iron Complex and the Buckhorn Fire in particular. The fire ultimately consumed 86,000 acres over many weeks. | |
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