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

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.

NBC Universal, Inc. One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take ...

A Super Scooper state-of-the-art firefighting aircraft remained grounded Saturday with no specific timetable for its return to service. The Canadian aircraft, loaned to the United States ...