5 days ago · The Palisades Fire ignited on Jan. 7 and has burned more than 23,400 acres in Los Angeles County. It is now 98% contained, according to Cal Fire. Nearly 8,000 structures are estimated to have been ...

5 days ago · LOS ANGELES – A Culver City man 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, the Justice Department announced today.. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft.

4 days ago · A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

4 days ago · PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Federal charges were announced against a Culver City man on Friday in connection with a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping "Super Scooper ...

5 days ago · 1 of 4 | A Canadair CL-415 aircraft, commonly referred to as a "Super Scooper," was conducting fire suppression operations at the Palisades Fire near Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 9 when an unauthorized ...

4 days ago · The Palisades Fire, which ignited the morning of Jan. 7, had torched more than 23,000 acres by Friday and was 98% contained, according to California fire authorities.

Jan 10, 2025 · A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of all aircraft working that fire and took out one of just two amphibious planes capable of repeatedly scooping 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and delivering it onto nearby flames, Cal Fire told The War Zone.

Jan 10, 2025 · A super scooper helping fight the Palisades Fire in California was forced to land and later grounded after it collided with a drone. The FAA and the FBI are investigating.

Jan 12, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The FBI released new photos of a damaged water-dropping super scooper firefighting aircraft that collided with a drone over the Palisades Fire. According to officials,...

Jan 10, 2025 · Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing...