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"A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*> wrote:- > ... I heard that once when a water-bomber plane was used, a dead snorkeller > was found in the remains of the fire afterwards. John Gibbons <jgibbo@ph*.lo*.ac*.uk*> wrote:- > I heard that one too, I think it was in the south of France???? sadavis@ib*.ne* wrote:- > A.A. Yeah that happened in Austria. They found this dead diver laying on the > side of the mountain, miles away from any water. They had figured it out > before it came to press, but I bet they took a while to get to that idea. (but others say that it could not have happened) But the forestry people who used the water-bomber, may have denied the incident and got it hushed up, to avoid legal blame and responsibility. Randy Johnston <randyj@wh*.ne*> replied:- > The most popular [make of water-bomber] planes is built by Canadair in > Quebec. The openings are on the belly of the plane and scoop up water as it > skims along, however, considering that the openings are only 3"x6" it is > unlikely that a snorkeller would have been deposited in the fire whole. He > was more likely in small snorkeller "bits". Marc Dufour <emdx@ac*.ne*> wrote:- > ... the CL-215 [water bomber's] scoop opening is only 10cm square ... GILGSN@ao*.co* wrote:- > This is impossible, the size of the scoop is way too small for a body, > something like 10cm per 20cm, the speed of the plane provides the pressure > to fill the tanks. Maybe just a little piece of a diver though... Is this true for all makes of water bomber? Or is there a make with a big opening that could admit a diver? Or the diver could have been snagged on some underbelly structure outside rather than swallowed into its water tank. But this does suggest an idea for a new sort of plane designed specifically to scoop up small boats and surfaced divers, whether for rescue, or for patrol / capture, or for whatever reason. (I once saw a picture of a scoop carried under a helicopter to pick up ditched aeroplane pilots.)
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