Indonesia water-bombing helicopter crash kills one – army

Inquirer.net - Nov 4, 2026

JAKARTA, Indonesia—An Indonesian military helicopter carrying eight people on a firefighting mission crashed in waters off Borneo island on Wednesday, killing a crew member, the army said. The Southeast Asian archipelago has for months been struggling to control wildfires that have burned through large swathes of Sumatra, Borneo and Papua islands, causing choking haze that drifted

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