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Indonesian firefighting helicopter crash kills crew member

A crew member was killed when a Super Puma firefighting helicopter crashed into the Barito River in South Kalimantan while scooping up water for an airborne drop to fight forest and land fires. Two Australian pilots survived and were reported safe by Berton Panjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia’s national disaster mitigation agency.

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