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Man pleads guilty to drone strike on firefighting airplane

Jason Weisberger
Jan 31, 2025
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The man responsible for a drone strike against one of the Canadian super scoopers fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had pleaded guilty.

Federal agents tracked down fifty-six-year-old Peter Tripp Akemann for irresponsibly flying his drone into an active firefight. Ackermann knocked out one of only two super scooper…

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