Portugal was 17 days without Canadair, aircraft called “inoperable”
As two Canadairs Air Force punctual aircraft for combat to 7 days of operation in inoperable activities 1 since adding dates, the source of the Portuguese aviation source (F.
Since the 1st of July at the time of data submission, one of the aircraft has been inoperative for 14 full days following an engine problem that led to a ditching in Lago Azul, in Ferreira do Zêzere, to which were added variable periods of inoperativeness recorded in five different days to resolve anomalies or resulting from fuel supply limitation and, finally, or inoperative registered since yesterday [dia 10] to resolve an anomaly
Also according to the same source, “the other totality was in operation for three days for scheduled maintenance, to which are added the periods of inoperability of variable duration recorded in five days to resolve aircraft anomalies”.
As two aircraft, model CL 215-1A10, Continuation of the fire in the Serra inoperative on Wednesday da Estrelasituation justified by the Portuguese Air Force “for reasons of maintenance, one unavoidable scheduled maintenance, the other to resolve an anomaly”.
According to the source, the Canadair CL215 is “an amphibious aircraft specially developed for fighting rural fires”having “a capacity of more than 5,000 liters spread over two tanks”.
The CL215 is equipped with two water discharge gates, which can be opened simultaneously, individually or in sequence, from the cabin. From two tanks of 300 foaming liquids, from 300 water tanks and from different water tanks and from other different
These aircraft are distinguished by being, as part of the Special Rural Fire Fighting Device (DECIR), “has the highest discharge capacity (more than 5,000 liters)will have an autonomy of three hours and can perform ‘scooping’ in rivers, estuaries, dams, lakes or in the sea”.
“Scooping” is a water replenishment maneuver on a water plane by an amphibious firefighting aircraft.
The Air Force added that it “manages the 60 air assets assigned to DECIR”, and “at the time of preparing this response, A Canadair is down for maintenance reasons, with only expected to become operational later today.“.