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The Columbia Helicopters Boeing CH-47D Chinook had dropped several bucketloads of water on an out-of-control fire in a central Idaho (U.S.) forest when the helicopter suddenly climbed and yawed left as its two-member crew attempted to refill the 2,600-gal (9,842 L) bucket in the Salmon River. The helicopter then suddenly pitched nose down and plunged into the river.

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