(Originally published at 1:12 pm MDT, July 4, 2013)
Reports are preliminary and a little vague at this point, but a CL-415 air tanker had a problem during or shortly after it was scooping water on a lake in western Newfoundland Wednesday. Both pilots are OK but were being checked out in a hospital as a precaution. The Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Transportation and Works confirmed that they were notified about the incident at about 3:30 p.m. that the aircraft had a problem while scooping water at Moosehead Lake near the town of Wabush.
The CBC reported that the Bombardier CL-415 lost power shortly after picking up the water and the pilot and co-pilot managed to turn the aircraft around and land safely on the lake. They got out and stood on the wing until they were rescued.
CTV News quotes Bruce Mullen of the Transportation Safety Board’s Atlantic region office as saying, “When the aircraft was riding along the surface of the water, picking up water, it appears that something went amiss and the aircraft had an incident and impacted the water.” He didn’t know the extent of the damage to the plane but it was still floating on the surface of the lake, he said.
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(UPDATE at 10 a.m. MDT, July 7, 2013)
From the Telegram, July 5:
A spokesman for the Department of Transportation and Works said it was working on a plan to retrieve the Bombardier 415 water bomber from Moosehead Lake. He said it is not known how long that process might take.
From Twitter:
@grahamjmarshall just posted another one. It’s visible from the TLH.
A Water Bomber still floats in Moosehead Lake near Labrador City today – 4 days after it fell in the water #CBCnl pic.twitter.com/kI8s81vBnm
— Chris Ensing (@ChrisEnsingCBC) July 7, 2013
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Thanks go out to Walt
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Accident involved Tanker 286 (C-FIZU).
Model: CL-215-6B11 (CL-415) built in 2010.
CADORS #: 2013A0595 (For accident updates on Transport Canada website.)
Chris Ensing from CBC has a twitter pic of the CL-415 partially submerged in Moosehead Lake.
https://twitter.com/ChrisEnsingCBC/status/353953385130639360/photo/1
Another picture from Chris Ensing of CBC showing the CL-415 mostly submerged.
https://twitter.com/ChrisEnsingCBC/status/355095198168137729/photo/1
Now that the state of emergency has been lifted in Wabush/Labrador area. Crews have begun work in recovering the CL-415 from Moosehead Lake.
https://twitter.com/ChrisEnsingCBC/status/359792113686298626/photo/1
The aircraft has been recovered from Moose Head Lake by the team at JD Aero Technical and the aircraft is in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. The aircraft is in the process of being parted out and all interested parties should contact speterson@jdaeromaintenance.com
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