Pictures have emerged from the scene of an airliner crash in southern WA, the first time a Boeing 737 has crashed on Australian soil.
Mr Klemm told ABC Radio Perth the 737 large air tanker had been midway through a 'split run', when it dropped half a load of fire retardant and was coming around for the second run, when it crashed."Obviously, hitting the ground at the speed they were would have been going and given the terrain that they had to put the plane down in, it was only understandable there was going to be catastrophic damage to their aircraft and a resultant fire.
However, it was also critical of Coulson Aviation, finding it had inadequate safety risk management processes and "did not include a windshear recovery procedure in their C-130 Airplane Flight Manual".Mr Klemm confirmed the crews of other planes operated by Coulson, including C-130s and other large air tankers, were being "rested".
The Commonwealth-funded 737 air tanker which crashed had arrived in WA in December to fly under the directives of the WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services .
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