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 ...

In a stunning development, not just did US federal law enforcement authorities track down the drone pilot whose DJI Mini 3 ...

Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery ...

The latest in crazy impressive drone technology isn't from DJI (or "research drones" approved by the FAA), it's from the ...

A former Hollywood video game exec won't serve a day in prison for his drone damaging and grounding an aircraft that was ...

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

Peter Akemann has agreed to cover an estimated $65,169 in plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief.

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

He’ll likely pay $65,000 and do community service.

The crash damaged a wing of the Canadair CL-415 ... the court proceedings including Mr. Akemann’s reliance on the DJI Drone’s geo fencing safeguard feature and the failure of that feature.” ...

The feature, which has been on DJI drones for more than 10 years ... On Jan. 13 — four days after the crash in Los Angeles — the company announced it was dropping geofence restrictions ...