Deploying water drops from the air 'could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral,' officials said.
As media outlets in France started featuring the tweet in their broadcasts, French officials took the unusual step of rebuffing the point in English on Twitter, pointing out that the force of water dropped from an aircraft could end up being the cause of the cathedral's destruction.
"All means are being used, except for water-bombing aircrafts which, if used, could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral," France's Civil Security and Crisis Management tweeted. In fact, the French tweeted four times to address the idea of fighting the flames from the air, which they said could cause more damage than the flames.
"All means are committed with the exception of Canadair aircraft technically unsuitable for extinguishing this type of fire," the agency"The air drop on this type of building could lead to the collapse of the entire structure," the agency followed up inIn a third tweet, the agency explained why the airdrops could be counterproductive to their efforts to save the cathedral.
"Helicopter or airplane, the weight of the water the intensity of the drop at low altitude could indeed weaken the structure of Notre-Dame and cause collateral damage to the surrounding buildings,"
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