We covered this story a bit when it happened (second item), which resulted in the drone striking and damaging the leading edge of a Canadian “Super Scooper” plane that was trying to fight the ...

The "super scooper" was grounded because of the damage from the impact, officials told the Los Angeles Times. RELATED FIRE COVERAGE: According to the FAA, the aircraft was able to land safely ...

NBC Universal, Inc. One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take ...

A Culver City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp ...

PREVIOUSLY on January 31: Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive who was the owner and pilot of a drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Canadian Super Scooper during ...

A second super scooper is ready to fly again this week to help battle fires. It was damaged several days ago by a civilian drone illegally flying in the Palisades fire area. Super scoopers are able to ...