Firefighting plane involved in a mid-air emergency

A LARGE air tanker in Mildura preparing for catastrophic fire conditions in South Australia was involved in an emergency of its own late Friday.The Avro RJ 85, a converted former passenger jet being used by the NSW Rural Fire Service, took off from Mildura Airport to return to Dubbo on Friday night before having to turn […]

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