The man who crashed a drone into and damaged a water-dropping aircraft as it fought the devastating Palisades Fire earlier this month was identified on Friday as Peter Akemann, a former UC ...

A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft flying over the Palisades fire on Thursday, causing the plane to be grounded for several days of repairs and leading to an investigation into who flew ...

They said Akemann admitted in the agreement that he crashed the drone into the Super Scooper aircraft on Jan. 9, causing it to be taken out of commission temporarily as the Palisades Fire raged.

Although the aircraft eventually landed safely without subjecting those flying it to any injuries, the Federal Aviation Administration addressed how dangerous flying a drone near a wildfire.

“Fire officials informed the FAA that a firefighting aircraft struck a drone while it was operating over the Palisades fire in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9,” it said in a statement. “It’s a federal ...

According to his own admission, the video game exec launched a DJI drone during the fires last month and it crashed into a firefighting plane. He’ll pay $65,169 to repair the plane and do 150 ...

9 collision of a DJI Mini 3 Pro with a firefighting aircraft provided by the government of Quebec to help L.A. battle its destructive wildfires made national headlines. The crash damaged a wing of ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month ...

TL;DR: Peter Tripp Akemann, a co-founder of a Call of Duty studio, has admitted guilt for crashing a drone into a firefighting aircraft during efforts to extinguish wildfires in Los Angeles.

A California man is facing legal consequences after crashing his drone into a firefighting plane at the height of the Palisades Fire earlier this month. According to court documents obtained by ...

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