On May 29, Air Canada flew in 300 South African firefighters aboard a Boeing 777-200LR from OR Tambo International Airport to assist firefighting efforts in Northern Alberta, Canada.
Click here and watch the video of the firefighters singing and dancing before departing on their chartered flight to Fort McMurray in Alberta.
“This is the first time Air Canada has operated into South Africa, which also required rescheduling flights to make one of our largest aircraft available in order to accommodate this request,” says Marcel Forget senior vp commercial strategy of Air Canada.
According to the Huffington Post, almost 2 300 firefighters are battling 14 active wildfires in Alberta. The fires are reported to have started on May 1.
