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Culver City man to plead guilty to crashing drone into Super Scooper fighting the Palisades Fire

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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.

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  1. CBS News

    Culver City man to plead guilty to crashing drone into Super Scooper fighting the Palisades Fire (opens CBS News)

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    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.

  2. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Culver City man agrees to plead guilty to crashing drone into 'Super Scooper' during Palisades Fire (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Drone operator Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a crash that damaged a firefighting aircraft.

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Man to plead guilty to drone crash into firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month, federal authorities announced today.

  4. MyNorthwest

    Authorities: Man to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire (opens MyNorthwest)

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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities say a man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during

  5. Fox News

    California man pleads guilty after his drone collides with aircraft fighting Palisades Fire (opens Fox News)

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    A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.

  6. UPI

    Man pleads guilty to flying drone that struck fire-fighting plane during Palisades fire (opens UPI)

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    A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, prosecutors announced Friday.

  7. NBC Los Angeles

    Man agrees to plead guilty in drone collision with Super Scooper over Palisades Fire (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

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

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