Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying conditions.

The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...

A Southern California man admitted to operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane during the Palisades Fire ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, ...

Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft — capable of skimming the surface of open bodies of water. The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers ...

As part of the plea agreement, Akemann agreed to pay full restitution to the Government of Quebec, which supplied the plane, ...

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January, the Justice ...

A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides ...

Peter Akemann agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire earlier this month, officials said.

Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft — capable of skimming the surface of open bodies of water. The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers ...

A civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a ...