2023 Coulson Aviation Boeing 737 crash information
Aviation incident in Western Australia
2023 Coulson Aviation Boeing 737 crash
N619SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2022
Accident
Date
6 February 2023 (2023-02-06)
Summary
Crashed into terrain, under investigation
Site
Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-3H4[a]
Operator
Coulson Aviation (Australia)
Call sign
BMBR139
Registration
N619SW
Flight origin
Busselton Margaret River Airport
Occupants
2
Passengers
0
Crew
2
Fatalities
0
Injuries
2
Survivors
2
On 6 February 2023, a Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and used as an air tanker crashed in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia while fighting multiple fires. The two crew members aboard—both pilots—survived with minor injuries and were taken to hospital.[1][2][3] The crash resulted in the first hull loss of a Boeing 737 in Australia.[4]
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^Fiore, Briana; Di Iorio, Olivia; Richards, Abby (6 February 2023). "Two pilots survive after 737 large air tanker crashes in Fitzgerald River National Park while battling bushfires". ABC News. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^Myles, Cameron (6 February 2023). "Plane crashes as firefighters battle blaze in WA's south". WAtoday. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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