An amphibious plane that had just scooped up water from the Rhone River in France to fight a forest fire hit a tourist boat as it was taking off while passengers filmed the entire accident. The plane’s left wing clipped the boat’s mast as horrified passengers looked on. Incredibly, no one was injured and the plane managed to take off and limp to a military base nearby. The French government suspended the pilot and co-pilot.
The video shows two of the fire-fighting planes, called SuperScoopers, starting to take off. The planes are Canadair CL-415 water bombers chartered by the government to fight a forest fire near Nimes, in southern France. You can see the first plane pass the boat safely and then the second plane fills the frame as it roars by. See the video:
