A pilot has died after an aircraft assisting in the fight against a Colorado wildfire crashed into the Silver Jack Reservoir on Sunday, authorities confirmed. The Gunnison County sheriff's office announced online that the pilot's body was recovered by divers from the reservoir.

Body of pilot involved in tackling Gold Mountain fire recovered by divers from Silver Jack reservoir

A pilot died after their aircraft crashed into a reservoir while fighting the Gold Mountain Fire in Colorado.

A pilot fighting the Gold Mountain Fire died after an aircraft crashed into a Gunnison County reservoir on Sunday, according to the local sheriff's office.

The pilot of an aircraft assigned to fight the Gold Mountain fire died Sunday after their plane went down at a nearby reservoir, marking the fourth firefighter death in Colorado this summer. The pilot's body was recovered from Silver Jack Reservoir by a dive team and transported to the Gunnison County Coroner's Office,

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DRONE OVER THE PALISADES FIRE. THIS HAPPENED TODAY AND THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY. THE FAA IS REMINDING PEOPLE THAT FLYING A DRONE OVER AN ACTIVE FIRE SCENE IS A CRIME, AND ...

The three Turbo Commander 690 aircraft are known as bird dogs and are used to guide tankers and direct other air traffic over and near a wildfire.