NTSB Updates Air Tanker Accident
NTSB Updates Air Tanker Accident

In a preliminary NTSB report on the June 3 Lockheed P2V Neptune tanker accident 20 miles north of Modena, Utah, the board said, "While conducting its second retardant drop of the day, Tanker 11 followed behind the lead airplane into the drop zone. The drop zone was located in a shallow valley that is 0.4 miles wide and 350 feet deep.