A drone flying with out authorization over a fire-ravaged Los Angeles neighborhood struck and broken a firefighting aircraft, the county hearth chief mentioned.
The Tremendous Scooper, a significant firefighting plane, is grounded after the crash. It received't be accessible till Monday, Anthony Marrone defined in a press convention he gave.
Its pilots didn’t discover the affect. However they noticed a “fist-sized” gap in considered one of its wings and landed safely.
The collision befell over the skies of the suburb of Pacific Palisades.
“We solely have two Tremendous Scoopers. The essential factor is to grasp that in the event you fly a drone over a wildfire, all of our aerial operations cease,” Maroun mentioned, calling the follow “unlawful and harmful.”
“When you suppose it's enjoyable to ship a drone into these zones … You can be arrested, prosecuted and punished to the utmost extent of the legislation,” warned District Lawyer Nathan Hotchman.
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