A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, ...
A former Hollywood video game exec won't serve a day in prison for his drone damaging and grounding an aircraft that was ...
The crash occurred on the third day of the wildfire in Los Angeles ... As he flew the drone, it struck a Government of Quebec fire plane carrying two crewmembers attempting to battle the blaze.
Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 ...
Two days into the devastating wildfires that tore through miles of Los Angeles ... he flew the drone into the restricted airspace while firefighters continued to desperately battle the wind ...
Researchers and startup founders are rushing to develop and deploy drones, sensors and satellite imagery analysis that they believe could have reduced the amount of damage from the Los Angeles fires.
Los Angeles firefighters are facing issues as they battle wildfires. The FAA said a drone crashed into an aircraft over the Palisades Fire.
Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City, admitted to operating the drone that collided with a “Super Scooper” plane during the firefighting efforts, severely impacting aerial operations at a critical ...