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Article: NSW: Fed govt may buy air cranes to assist in firefighting
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- January 2, 2002
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NSW: Fed govt may buy air cranes to assist in firefighting
SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - The federal government will consider buying
several Air-Crane helicopters
to help battle bushfires, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
The massive helicopters, which can dump 9,000 litres of water at
a time, have proven
invaluable in containing fires that have destroyed huge areas of bushland
in NSW since
Christmas Day.
Mr Howard made the announcement while accompanying NSW Premier
Bob Carr on a tour of
fire-threatened areas in northern Sydney.
He told media he was going to inquire about the possibility of
obtaining more ...