Families remember 'adventurous' American firefighters during Black Summer plane crash inquest
- ellie978
- Mar 27, 2023
- 1 min read
Three aerial firefighters onboard a large air tanker that crashed in the Snowy Mountains while fighting the Black Summer bushfires have been remembered as adventurous and courageous at an inquest into their deaths.
Americans Ian McBeth, Paul Hudson and Rick De Morgan Junior died fighting the Good Good bushfire when their C-130 plane stalled and crashed seconds after a retardant drop on January 23, 2020.
On the final day of the inquest, Bowdie Mcbeth described her husband, who was the pilot of the plane, as an adventurous man and said she wanted him to be remembered as more than just the number of his air tanker — 134.
"Ian was and is more than 134. He was our life," Ms McBeth said.
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