Planes Used On Istanbul Airport Fire
Check out this photo of an air tanker dropping water on the big airport fire yesterday in Istanbul, Turkey.
Photo courtesy of the AP.
Here are some details from the Washington Post.
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A quick-spreading fire burned down most of the cargo section of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Wednesday, forcing 2,000 workers to flee the thick black smoke that closed one runway to traffic and disrupted flights....
Firefighting planes filled with water from the nearby Marmara Sea made more than 70 sorties to douse the flames, flying low and at an angle to avoid a nearby Turkish Airlines building. Dozens of fire trucks also responded, and the blaze was brought under control after more than four hours.
That is the first time I've heard of air tankers being used on a structure fire.
