Two firefighting aircraft due to aid in Victoria’s bushfire efforts this season are yet to be delivered months into the bushfire season, and despite raging fires on the Victoria-South Australia border.
The news comes after the Victorian government announced in November that it would expand its aerial firefighting fleet to include four new aircraft, including a Boeing CH-47 Chinook, an Erickson Air Crane, a Q400 Large Air Tanker and a Super Puma.
However, according to a report in the Herald Sun, neither the Chinook nor the Air Crane have touched down in the state to date.
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