According to Australian authorities, the plane went down while battling a blaze.

After a Boeing 737 air tanker operated by a B.C. firm crashed in Western Australia while responding to a fire, both pilots were unharmed.

The Port Alberni, British Columbia-based aerial firefighting firm Coulson Aviation expressed its gratitude for the safety of the pilots in a statement.

“We are giving both our domestic and foreign crews every bit of assistance we can. We are also appreciative of the assistance from our Western Australian counterparts in the firefighting and aviation industries.”

According to a statement from Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the plane crashed around 4:15 p.m. local time on Monday while responding to a blaze in the Fitzgerald River National Park, which is located about 475 kilometers southeast of Perth (DFES).

According to the report, the tanker left the close-by Busselton-Margaret River Airport around 3:30 p.m.

According to the DFES, the two pilots disembarked the aircraft, were picked up by helicopter, transported to a neighboring airfield, and then were taken to a medical institution.

The pilots suffered “minimal injuries,” according to a statement from the Western Australia police force.

Although the reason of the collision is yet unknown, the police force has said that when it is feasible, officials from the ATSB, Australia’s national transport safety investigator, would visit the incident site to undertake an investigation.

This is the second occasion in three years that an Australian Coulson aircraft has crashed.

2020 saw the deaths of three American crew members when a Coulson air tanker crashed while battling a fire in southeast Australia.

The 737 Flatliner will be Australia’s first major air tanker, according to a contract Coulson revealed this month.

The company claimed at the time that the high-tech aircraft could dump up to 11,000 litres of water or retardant every second or more than 15,000 litres.