Terrifying new images emerge from Australia’s first Boeing 737 crash
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Terrifying new images emerge from Australia’s first Boeing 737 crash as pilot’s miraculous survival story revealed
- Water bomber crashes into bushfires in South WA
- Two people aboard the plane manage to get out of the wreckage
- A new photo has revealed the remains left by the accident.
An astonishing photo has revealed the wreckage of the first ever Boeing 737 crash in Australia.
The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia at around 4:40 pm (WST) on Monday.
It burst into flames with thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
A new photo has now revealed what little was left of the plane once the flames had died down, with only the tail intact.
The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia on Monday. In the photo, the remains after.
The Boeing 737 Fireliner is a civil aircraft that had been converted for firefighting and operated by Coulson Aviation.
The water bomber crashed in the woods between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun.
Incredibly, the two pilots were able to free themselves from the wreckage and suffered minor injuries, WA Police told Daily Mail Australia.
WA Premier Mark McGowan declared his survival “a miracle”.
“When I first heard, I assumed the worst, but was told that the pilot and crew had survived. That’s a miracle… I’m in awe,’ McGowan said.
‘These planes, we hire them to do the job, the crews are often not from Western Australia, sometimes they are even international people. “How you manage to crash a plane like that, particularly in a wooded area, and survive is remarkable.”
The two pilots on board were rescued from the crash site by helicopter and airlifted to Ravensthorpe Airport,” a police spokesperson said.
Upon landing, the couple was taken to hospital by ambulance.
The plane is believed to have taken off from Bunbury, south of Perth, at 15:25 in response to the bushfire.
The water bomber crashed in the woods between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun and shocking photos revealed the devastation caused by the crash.
An initial fire on the eastern side of the national park was started by lightning around 10 a.m. and the second fire broke out four hours later.
About 30 Parks and Wildlife Service firefighters are trying to control the fires.
With the fires posing a potential risk to lives and property, residents living near the park have been told to maintain a state of vigilance and action.
Air safety officers will attend the crash site to conduct an investigation.
Air crash investigators from Australia’s Transport Safety Office now plan to speak to the pilots on Tuesday before trying to find out why the plane crashed.
The Boeing 737 Fireliner is a civil aircraft that was converted for firefighting and was operated by Coulson Aviation.