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.

A civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a ...

Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper aircraft during the destructive Palisades Fire.

A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...

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

Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft — capable of skimming the surface of open bodies of water. The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link One of only two Super Scooper planes helping to fight the Los Angeles wildfires has been taken out of action after it collided with a drone on ...

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 ...

The CEO of a company that flies "Super Scooper" firefighting planes said one of his biggest worries is drones crashing into his planes during emergencies like the Los Angeles wildfires.

But their chariot in the sky, a winged ambassador for the hero first responders in California, goes by a remarkably goofy nickname, the Super Scooper. This is the story of the Canadair CL-415 ...