On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 ...

FBI Assistant Director Akil Davis said there is no evidence that the drone was intentionally flown into the aircraft, but it’s an inherent risk when piloting one in a restricted area.

A Culver City man accused of flying a drone and crashing it into a water-dropping aircraft during the Palisades Fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

LOS ANGELES — A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A 56-year-old Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to “recklessly operating a drone” that ended up crashing into and damaging a Super Scooper as it was fighting ...

A no-drone flyzone sign in Los Angeles during the ... single day in prison for “recklessly” flying his DJI Mini 3 Pro into the wing of the Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper on January 9, Acting ...

LOS ANGELES -- Federal charges were announced against a Culver City, California, man on Friday in connection with a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping "Super Scooper" aircraft ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month ...

citing the road closures preventing people from getting into the Pacific Palisades. “It’s not the time to fly drones anytime we have emergencies in Southern California.” There was no ...