Thursday, July 18, 2024

Juliana Turchetti crashed and died while fighting a Montana wildland fire


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On October 9, 2020 I blogged about how Fighting wildfires from the air is dangerous. An article by Kelly Anderson at Fire Aviation on July 11, 2024 titled SEAT crashes in Montana reservoir described how a single engine air tanker (SEAT) flown by Brazilian pilot Juliana Turchetti, age 45, crashed on July 10, 2024 near Helena.

 

As shown above, she was flying an Air Tractor AT-802F FireBoss, which is a twin-float water bomber plane that can scoop water from a lake. Her LinkedIn page shows her in a FireBoss. There is another article by Jackie Coffin at Yellowstone Public Radio on July 11, 2024 titled Coroner identifies FireBoss pilot killed fighting Horse Gulch Fire.

 

The image of a FireBoss was adapted from this one by Agesch at Wikimedia Commons.

 


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