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

Aerial firefighting has become an essential part of wildfire suppression strategies, offering the speed, precision, and ...

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

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

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

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.

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

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft and grounded it in the midst of the devastating Palisades Fire, federal ...

A man who was piloting a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft ... of a Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water onto a fire.

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