Fire officials in Southern California informed the FAA that a firefighting aircraft struck a drone Thursday as it was flying over the largest of the region's fires near the Los Angeles County ...

A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft ... An FAA spokesperson told The Times that they spoke with Los Angeles County Fire Department officials, and “due to the number of manned ...

The FBI announced on Monday that it is seeking information about the collision of an unauthorized drone with a firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County ...

Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the FBI's Los Angeles field office ... "When people fly drones near wildfires, fire response agencies often ground their aircraft to avoid the potential for ...

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

Around 1 p.m. Thursday, a civilian drone flew into its wing, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott. "The pilots were unaware that they hit the drone," Los Angeles County ...

The aircraft can hold about 7,200 liters of water. "We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.” ...

LOS ANGELES - A firefighting aircraft collided with a drone while attempting to contain the Palisades Fire, northwest of Los Angeles, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday.

The Scooper plane, Quebec 1, was hit by the civilian drone while over Los Angeles around 1 p.m. Thursday, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Erik Scott wrote on X. The plane landed safely ...

Now aerial firefighters battling the Los Angeles wildfires are facing an additional danger: illegal drones. On Thursday a “Super Scooper” plane fighting the Palisade fire collided with a drone ...

The Super Scooper suffered a hole in its wing because of the drone strike, according to Los Angeles County Fire officials. It's unclear how long the aircraft will be inoperable. SuperScooper ...