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Drone Collides With Firefighting Aircraft Over Palisades Fire, FAA Says

A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft flying over the Palisades fire last Thursday, causing the plane to be grounded for several days of repairs and leading to an investigation into who flew the drone against flight restrictions, officials said.

“We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Thursday. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.”

He didn’t have details on who was flying the drone, but said the drone was destroyed and the Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water — was damaged.

Read the rest of the story at Los Angeles Times.

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