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Luke Costin

NSW RFS makes temporary change after crash

The aviation watchdog criticised the RFS over the crash that killed three US firefighters in 2020. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Some changes to NSW Rural Fire Service practices in response to a fatal Black Summer aircraft crash are manual and not sustainable for a big fire season, its commissioner says.

The RFS was criticised by the aviation watchdog this week over the crash that killed Americans Ian McBeth, Paul Hudson and Rick DeMorgan after they dropped retardant on a fireground near Cooma on January 23, 2020.

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