A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, grounding it in the midst of the devastating Palisades Fire, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to crashing a drone into a Super Scooper aircraft making water drops over the deadly Palisades Fire, grounding the powerful firefighting aircraft early into the battle against the growing wildfire.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, authorities said.
The Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper can scoop up to 1,620 gallons of water including saltwater — allowing it to pull water from the nearby Pacific Ocean during the Palisades Fire while other firefighting aircraft can typically only pull freshwater.The Jan. 9 crash left an approximately 3-inch-by-6-inch hope in its left wing, grounding it as the wildfire continued to spread and reached 23,700 acres.
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