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

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, ...

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

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 ...

Only about 160 of the fire-dousing aircraft, which are built in Canada using a 55-year-old design, are in operation worldwide as demand for them grows. NBC Universal, Inc. One reason last week’s ...

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 has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison for operating a ...

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

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 ...