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Article: NSW: Two extra Air-Cranes should be here by Monday night
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2002
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NSW: Two extra Air-Cranes should be here by Monday night
SYDNEY, Jan 4 AAP - The two Erickson Air-Cranes stuck in the United
States due to a
snowstorm were likely be in Australia by Monday night, according to
the company that leases
the aircraft.
The giant Antonov cargo plane hired to fly the two helitankers
to Australia has been
stuck at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport due to a snowstorm.
It was feared the snowstorm would delay the arrival of the air-
cranes - with the capacity
to dump 9,000 litres of water on fires - until mid-week.
Chief pilot at Helicorp, the Victorian company that leases the
Air-Cranes, said the
Antonov is being de-iced at ...