Chile gets mega-fighting aircraft

santiago de chile - Chile may deploy the largest firefighting aircraft in the world to fight massive wildfires. Benefactors in the United States pay for the deployment of the Boeing 747-400.

The fires have been 1,600 square kilometers of parched forest and meadow ashes placed in the middle of the country. The authorities have only three small extinguishing planes available to fight the fire.

The criticism about the government came to withdraw US resident wealthy Chilean give ear and who decided the wallet and pay for the deployment of firefighting aircraft. The unit arrived Wednesday in Chile. The machine can carry 72 000 liters of water and is expected to be used six days.