Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying conditions.

Drone pilot faces criminal and financial repercussions for grounding a Canadian aircraft sent to help fight wildfires in ...

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...

A drone hit the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper plane fighting the LA fires. Cal Fire only has one other Quebec 1 aircraft in its arsenal.

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 ...

Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery A ...

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, a co-founder of Call of Duty studio Treyarch, has pleaded guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting ...

A California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating a drone that collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper as it ...

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 ...

The drone collided into a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper the Government of Quebec had supplied to Los Angeles firefighters, which was carrying two crewmembers when it was struck on Jan. 9 ...