Drone operator who damaged LA firefighting plane was Treyarch co-founder Peter Akemann, who is 'deeply sorry for the mistake'
Akemann will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in ...
Drone crash at Palisades Fire blamed on tech exec with UC Berkeley Ph.D.
Peter Akemann, a former UC Berkeley Ph.D. student and once-prominent video games executive, flew a drone that hit a Super ...
Man whose drone damaged plane fighting Palisades fire agrees to plead guilty
A Culver City, California, man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that damaged the wing of a Super Scooper ...
Ex-Skydance Exec Whose Drone Damaged Plane During Palisades Fire Pleads Guilty
An ex-Skydance executive pleads guilty for piloting a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane during the Pacific Palisades wildfire ...
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The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads guilty to escape prison
He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. 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 ...
California man pleads guilty after his drone collides with aircraft fighting Palisades Fire
A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.
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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 complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief. By Katie Kilkenny Labor ...
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Drone collision case
A Culver City man accused of flying a drone and crashing it into a water-dropping aircraft during the Palisades Fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, federal prosecutors announced Friday.