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LONDON – Global SuperTanker Service, the group that owns the Boeing 747 SuperTanker, shut down the jumbo air tanker’s operations last week.
In an email sent on April 21 to officials in Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the federal government, Dan Reese, President of Global SuperTanker, said, “This week the investors that own the Global SuperTanker [GSTS] just informed me that they have made the difficult decision to cease operations of the company, effective this week…”
“This is extremely disappointing as the aircraft has been configured and tuned with a new digital drop system and other upgrades to make it more safe and efficient.”
Global Supertanker operations shut down for financial reasons
Global Supertanker operations shut down for financial reasons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The world s largest firefighting aircraft s future remains up in the air after owners announced it is ceasing operations.
On Friday, a spokesperson with Global SuperTanker Services, based in Colorado Springs confirmed with KRDO the Global SuperTanker is shutting down operations. The President of GSTS Dan Reese telling KRDO on Monday the decision was made strictly for financial reasons. “It’s a difficult pill to swallow and a hard blow,” Reese says.
Reese says the decision to stop operations was handed down by the investment group of the SuperTanker. Over the past three years, the massive red and white Boeing 747-400 freighter capable of dropping 19,200 gallons of water within seconds had to go through several upgrades and updates to its system. The upgrades were to meet all federal re
Global supertanker shut down ahead of California fire season Share Updated: 10:21 PM PDT Apr 26, 2021 KCRA Staff Share Updated: 10:21 PM PDT Apr 26, 2021
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Show Transcript DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING FOR IT TO BE PERMANENT. LISA: THE WORLD’S LARGEST FIREFIGHTING PLANE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN JUST AS CALIFORNIA PREPARES FOR FIRE SEASON. THE PLANE IS CALLED THE GLOBAL SUPERTANKER. THIS IS VIDEO OF THE PLANE IN OUR AREA OVER THE YEARS. IT HAS HELPED IN MANY WESTERN WILDFIRES. BRIAN: DAN REESE WIH THE COMPANY THAT OPERATES THE PLANE JOINS US LIVE, AND DAN WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DECISION TO SHUT THIS DOWN? TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PLANE ITSELF, IT’S A CONVERTED BOEI 747, WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE? IT BOILS DOWN TO THE FINANCIAL DECISION WITH THE MANAGERS THAT OWN THIS AIRCRAFT. IT BOILS DOWN TO THAT, NOTHING MORE AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONTRACTS OF THIS VOID OR EFFICACY OF UTILIZATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WITH THE AIRCRAF
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