
First flight with model equipped with MAFFS system should depart at 9am to reinforce firefighting
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Federal government sent reinforcements and integrated operations began on Sunday to fight fires.
The first flight must depart at 9 am (Brasília time) and the model is equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), which is a system attached inside the aircraft that can carry thousands of liters of water or flame retardant. The liquid is released through an opening at the rear of the aircraft during flight.
The FAB aircraft join the reinforcement that the federal government sent and whose activities began on Sunday (11). Helicopters and planes were mobilized to fly over and reconnoitre and map critical points.
"Our idea was for them to start intensely today [yesterday], but we had a ceiling problem. See that we have been waiting to do the overflight since early in the morning, we only managed to do it when the weather improved. So, from now on, all the teams are on standby, starting operations and, whenever the weather permits, and there is a ceiling for the flights, we will carry out the necessary flights", declared Capobianco in an interview with Rede Amazônica over the weekend.
The integrated operation also has 290 brigade members from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) and the National Force. A task force left São Paulo to join the agents already working in the forest and support the work.
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