Beriev Be.200 Altair

A Beriev Be-200 'Altair' water bomber arrives its pit at Ben-Gurion International Airport shortly after completed a water drop demonstration by the coast of Tel Aviv. The Government of Israel seeks for Water Bombers to help it cope with large scale forest fires, as a lesson leant following the forest fire on Mt. Carmel on December 2010. The Berieve Be-200 is a multipurpose amphibious aircraft designed by the Beriev Aircraft Company of Russia as a fire fighting, search and rescue, maritime patrol, cargo, and passenger transportation. The aircraft has a capacity of 12 tonnes of water, or up to 72 passengers.

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• be200
• altair
• water
• bomber
• israel