The French super plan would lift 10 am.
Now, forced the pilots to stay on the ground – the air is too smoky.
– We do everything to get them in the air as soon as possible, says Niklas Ekstrand at the Armed Forces.
The two Italian plan landed at Heathrow airport yesterday after several days of waiting . And at 10:35 reached the planet Swedish soil.
Along with three aircraft from France they will try to stop the fire that raged for a week in Västmanland. – This is a tremendous increase in capacity . The plan can drop a lot of water for a short time, which increases opportunities to put the fire considerably, says Niklas Ekstrand, air coordinator on defense.Forced to stay on the ground
But the morning came the next setback. The pilots are forced to stay on the ground because of bad weather position.
A cold front has parked over the fire area and allows the cloud base pushed down to low altitude. It is positive because it can lead to rain, but creates problems for pilots when visibility is impaired. The low clouds combined with the thick heavy smoke makes it impossible for planes taking off. – State of Vasteras is not the ultimate right now with a lot of smoke in the air. As it stands now, they can not lift, the visibility is too poor. We are doing everything possible to get them in the air as soon as possible, says Niklas Ekstrand. It is hoped that the plan will be able to water bomb the afternoon. It is unclear whether the Italian aircraft will be able to participate at all during the day. – Our hope is of course that they will be in the fighting today, says Niklas Ekstrand.Can be filled with 6000 liters
idea is that the water should be taken from parts of Lake Mälaren and Lake Åmänningen. The plan can be filled with 6000 liters in seconds and flying 130 miles per hour.
According to Erik Bergman, communications manager at the County Board, will plan to stay throughout the fighting. – I assume that we will get to keep them as long as we need. At present, it is about weeks. It is highly dangerous to the area under water bombing, says Niklas Ekstrand on defense. – Plan flying very low and needs only 2000 meters to dive down. You should definitely stay away, he says. Several barriers have been prepared before the water bombing.All air cordoned
Among others urged boaters to stay away from the area East of Aggaro in Lake Mälaren, since plans to water bomb the fire will fetch their water there.
All other carriers over the fire area will be cordoned off while water bombing is ongoing. This applies to both private vehicles and radio controlled airplanes.
Lakes Åmänningen, Hörendesjön, Virsbo Sea and the snout is cordoned off for boat traffic. No boats allowed to operate the water and the boats that want to transport themselves between Fagersta and Sailing Mountain Slussen have to solve this by land or otherwise. The boats that are already in the lakes must remain moored.
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