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

Drone pilot faces criminal and financial repercussions for grounding a Canadian aircraft sent to help fight wildfires in ...

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...

The CL-415, originally manufactured by Canadair and now by Bombardier, is an amphibious aircraft designed specifically for aerial firefighting. It gets its nickname, "super scooper," from its ...

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 firefighting plane responding to the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles has been grounded after it collided with a civilian drone on Thursday, authorities said. The Canadian CL-415 Super Scooper—a ...

Idiot civilian drone operators flying flying over the Palisades wildfire crashed their attention-machine into a Super Scooper ... aircraft meant to fight said deadly fire. The Canadair CL-415 ...

"A small drone hit the wing of our CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft" at the Palisades Fire, Marrone said at a press conference Friday. "The pilots were unaware that they hit the drone until they ...

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 ...

Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft ... designed CL-415 firefighting planes are ...

(CNN) — A Canadian “Super Scooper ... designed CL-415 firefighting planes are used to scoop up more than 1,500 gallons of ocean water to drop on active fires. The plane in question, Quebec ...