Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison responded to the news, calling it a 'terrible tragedy'
The identities of the victims aboard the C-130 Hercules firefighting aircraft have not been released, and no survivors have been located yet, said Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons at a press conference, according to“Initial reports are that there was a large fireball associated with the impact of the plane as it hit the ground,” said Fitzsimmons. “Unfortunately, all we’ve been able to do is locate the wreckage and the crash site. We have not been able to locate any survivors.
Contracted by the Rural Fire Service, the plane belonged to Coulson Aviation, a privately owned company lending help to the ongoing climate disaster in Australia, reported the
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