Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Devastating loss: Pilot's Analysis of Firefighting Aircraft Crash" video.

  1. I was once told that consultants are good at 3 things: drawing squares, circles and triangles. Not enough triangles, Davies, but you added arrows. So I might let you off. Good eyes on the impact, possibly right wing float. Yaw partially induced by impact, and thrust imbalance. Unfortunately, fire ops need low altitude, and with low altitude, you have nothing to trade to gain time.
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  2. They may have elected to release the water "late" to help prevent the spread of the fire in the direction that the wind is blowing.
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