Culver City man Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, was charged with federal crimes in connection with a drone that hit a water-dropping aircraft. The “Super Scooper” was attempting to control the Palisades Fire ...

On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 ...

Akemann, who co-founded the studio behind Black Ops 6 in 1996 and then went on to become president of Skydance Studios, lost track of his drone on Jan. 9 while assessing the fire that was ravaging ...

Some informed comments include, “Extreme heat dries out vegetation and the soil. Wildfires ignite more easily, spread ...

Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone into restricted airspace over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. The drone collided with a ...

"We will track down drone operators who violate the law and interfere with the critical work of our first responders," says ...

A California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating a drone that collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper as it ...

Call of Duty studio co-founder Peter T. Akemann recently pleaded guilty to striking a firefighting plane with his drone ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors ...

Culver City Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Recklessly Crashing Drone into Super Scooper Firefighting Aircraft During Palisades ...

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper ...

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper ...