Airtankers: How commercial airplanes are being converted into firefighting aircrafts

With fall in full swing and hundreds of wildfires still burning in Canada during a record-breaking fire season, a B.C.-based company is taking a unique approach to extinguishing those flames.

The strategy involves converting former commercial airplanes into firefighting aircraft.

Neetu Garcha has an inside look at how these airtankers are made, who's using them, and the increasing international demand for modern planes.

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