Firefighting plane crashes into lake in Adana! The moment captured on camera
Two pilots, one of whom is a foreign national, were rescued alive by police divers and emergency teams after their firefighting plane crashed into the Seyhan Dam Lake while responding to a forest fire in Adana. The pilots are reported to be in good health. The moment the plane crashed was captured on camera.
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According to the information received, a forest fire broke out in the Fadıl Köy area of the Salbaş neighborhood in the central Çukurova district. Those who noticed the smoke reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Command Center. The center dispatched forestry teams to the region. Aerial support was also provided to prevent the forest fire, to which fire trucks, water tankers, and forestry workers were sent, from spreading. In addition to a firefighting helicopter, 2 firefighting planes were sent to the region.
PILOTS RESCUED
The firefighting plane, which was taking water from the Seyhan Dam Lake, crashed for an as-yet-unknown reason. The pilot of the plane that crashed into the lake sent a message to the firefighting helicopter pilot saying, "My plane has crashed into the lake, I am fine, come get me."
Following the message, the other firefighting plane near the region landed to assist. Boats on the lake and police divers from the Provincial Security Directorate's Underwater Group Command also went to the area to help. The police divers reached and rescued the 2 pilots, one of whom was a foreigner, in the lake. The 2 pilots, who were taken by boat, were transferred to the hospital as a precaution.
It was reported that the pilots are in good health.
MOMENT OF CRASH CAPTURED ON CAMERA
Footage of the plane, which crashed while trying to take off after taking water from the Seyhan Dam Lake, has also emerged. In the images captured by a mobile phone camera, the moments when the plane took water, made a few maneuvers, and then crashed and flipped over just as it was about to take off were recorded.