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NSW Rural Fire Service radio operator changed radio log following deadly air tanker crash, inquest hears

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A New South Wales Rural Fire Service aviation radio operator added information to a second version of his radio log following a fatal large air tanker crash in the Snowy Mountains during the state's Black Summer bushfires, a coronial inquest has heard.

Kevin Harder was communicating with large air tankers from the Cooma Fire Control Centre on January 23, 2020 in the hours before one crashed, killing three American aerial firefighters on board. 

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