Water bombers grounded by U.S. red tape

Uncle Sam | 206746 hits | Oct 17 8:14 am | Posted by: Hyack

The Martin Mars water bomber based in Port Alberni was poised to assist in fighting raging wildfires near Los Angeles last week but instead got mired in bureaucracy, said the aircraft's owner yesterday.

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by tritium
Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:41 am
Lucky the Santa Ana winds were short lived.

Same that this kind of red tape can slow the rescue of a few houses.
by nanza
Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:45 pm
hey we have two Canadian Superscoopers on lease from Quebec here in San Diego...i can't believe our military hasn't been certified to fight fires here in the States yet

Thx Canada

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