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

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

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

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

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper ...

The Super Scooper is among an array of firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and air tankers, that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) and the L.A. County ...

A former Hollywood video game exec won't serve a day in prison for his drone damaging and grounding an aircraft that was ...

Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 ...

Culver City Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Recklessly Crashing Drone into Super Scooper Firefighting Aircraft During Palisades ...

“There could have been injuries,” said Scott McLean, an information officer for Cal Fire. “There could have been fatalities.” So far, there aren’t many alternatives to Super Scooper ...