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Pilot killed in large air tanker crash during Black Summer was about to retire, inquest hears

Ian McBeth was highly experienced in his field. He is remembered as an adventurous individual. (Facebook: Ian McBeth Foundation)

The New South Wales Bushfires Coronial Inquiry has heard the pilot in charge of a large air tanker that crashed in the Snowy Mountains while fighting bushfires in 2020 was on his last flight before retirement.

American aviation firefighters Ian McBeth, Paul Hudson and Rick De Morgan Jr were killed on January 23, 2020 at about 1:15pm, after dropping a partial load of fire retardant on the Good Good fire.

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