A Canadair CL-415 firefighting plane crashed earlier this week in Mount Calcinera, near Linguaglossa, Sicily, in Italy. It all happened during a vegetation fire extinguishing operation. Two pilots ...

Bombardier has decided to shut down the completion facility for CL-415 water-bombers while the programme remains paused pending further orders. Since 1998, Bombardier has built the CL-415 at a plant ...

Among the most effective aerial tools firefighters use to combat forest fires is the air tanker, or water bomber. These purpose-built, fixed-wing, amphibious aircraft are designed to skim along the ...

One of the “Super Scooper” planes aiding in the battle against the Los Angeles wildfires was damaged after colliding with a drone and is now grounded, officials said on Thursday. The collision ...

On Wednesday afternoon, First Officer Henry Williams and his captain had a birds-eye view of the Crosho fire as they dove through the rising clouds of smoke in a Canadair CL-415 aircraft with hopes of ...