
The widows of two American firefighters killed in a plane crash during Black Summer are suing the NSW Rural Fire Service for negligence, alleging the crew was deployed in conditions that were too dangerous for flying.
Captain Ian McBeth, 45, first officer Paul Clyde Hudson, 42, and flight engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr, 43, were killed when their firefighting tanker crashed in southern NSW on January 23, 2020.