Europe Faces Long Wait for New Canadair Water Bombers
Firefighters battling severe European wildfires face delays in receiving new aerial water bombers as production crawls slowly in a Canadian facility.
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According to The Local, firefighters are currently struggling to contain some of the worst European wildfires in living memory while operating with reduced numbers of aerial water bombers. Relief is unlikely to arrive soon because the production of the iconic Canadair aircraft is moving slowly at a factory located half a world away in Canada. The manufacturing bottleneck leaves European emergency services grappling with depleted fleets during a period of critical need.
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