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Two pilots survive after 737 large air tanker crashes in Fitzgerald River National Park while battling bushfires

Two pilots have walked away with minor injuries after a large air tanker crashed while battling two bushfires in regional Western Australia on Monday afternoon. 

Authorities said the pilots managed to free themselves from the Boeing 737 Fireliner after it came down in the Fitzgerald River National Park, about 460 kilometres south-east of Perth, about 4:40pm.

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