Culver City Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Recklessly Crashing Drone ...
1 day ago · Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. ... Akemann flew the drone at least 2,500 meters (more than 1.5 miles) toward the fire and lost sight of the drone. As Akemann was flying the drone, it collided with a Government of Quebec Super Scooper carrying two crewmembers ...
Ex-Skydance Exec Piloted Drone That Crashed Into Plane During …
1 day ago · Former Skydance Interactive President Pleads Guilty to Piloting Drone That Crashed Into Plane During Palisades Fire. Peter Akemann has agreed to cover an estimated $65,169 in plane repairs and to ...
California man pleads guilty after his drone collides with aircraft ...
17 hours ago · Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, launched a drone to see the damaged caused by the Palisades Fire. ... After Akemann lost sight of the drone, it collided with the Super Scooper, leaving a 3-inch-by-6-inch ...
Drone operator charged for hitting 'super scooper' plane during ...
1 day ago · Peter Akemann, 56, of Culver City, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft for the Jan. 9 drone collision, which damaged the Canadian "super scooper ...
Man, 56, pleads guilty in drone crash that disabled Palisades
17 hours ago · In the plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann admitted to “illegal conduct in flying the drone that posed an imminent safety hazard to the Super Scooper crew,” the DOJ stated in a news release.
The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads …
13 hours ago · On January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — and into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles ...
Palisades Fire: Peter Tripp Akemann agrees to plead guilty to …
19 hours ago · Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper aircraft during the destructive Palisades Fire. ... Peter Tripp Akemann ...
Drone crash at Palisades Fire blamed on tech exec with ... - SFGATE
15 hours ago · Peter Akemann, a former UC Berkeley Ph.D. student and once-prominent video games executive, flew a drone that hit a Super Scooper plane by the Palisades Fire. ... Akemann’s drone punched a 3-by ...
Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged ... - Yahoo
13 hours ago · Peter Tripp Akemann faces up to one year in prison, and a judge will determine his sentence, acting U.S. attorney Joseph McNally said. ... The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting ...
L.A. wildfires: Man pleads guilty to flying drone that hit Canadian ...
16 hours ago · Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing site of it.
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