Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov 8, 2026 (AFP) - Crew member missing as Indonesian water-bombing helicopter crashes

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2026-11-08

A helicopter battling Indonesian wildfires crashed into a river on Sunday as it scooped water, an official told AFP, with two crew members rescued and one still missing. The crash in Borneo Island's South Kalimantan province was the second in days involving a firefighting helicopter, after a military chopper plunged into the waters off Borneo on Wednesday, killing three people. Two Australian nationals had survived Sunday's incident and were "saf......

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