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Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID response


Updated: 2:18 PM PDT Apr 27, 2021
By PATTY NIEBERG
As Western states prepare for this year s wildfire season, the world s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be converted to help fight against another crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.After investing tens of millions into upgrading the Global SuperTanker and its technology, the revenue coming mostly from contracts with the U.S. government and California did not produce enough profit for the company to continue the funding the tanker, said Roger Miller, managing director at Alterna Capital Partners LLC, the investment company that owns the plane.Alterna s decision to ground the SuperTanker was made on April 19, according to the firm, which had funded the plane s operations and upgrades since 2016. Since the announcement, the Connecticut-based firm has received several offers to buy the SuperTanker and turn it into a freight carrier aircraft, Miller said. The COVID crisis has led to a huge boom ....

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