Prosecutors said Akemann, who is from Culver City in LA, flew the drone more than 1.5 miles toward the fire and lost sight of it. As he flew the drone, it struck a Government of Quebec fire plane ...

Peter Akemann has agreed to pay $65,169 to cover plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief. Ex-Skydance Exec Piloted Drone That ...

According to the US Attorney's Office, Akemann launched the drone from the top of a Santa Monica parking garage and lost sight of it at least a mile-and-a-half away before it collided with the plane.

Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty of recklessly flying a drone that collided with a firefighting plane that was combatting the Pacific Palisades ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, ... Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure at Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward ...

California man whose drone collided with firefighting aircraft pleads guilty. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally announced Friday that Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City, California ...

Akemann is 'deeply sorry' and will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January. When you purchase through links on our ...

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 into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles ...

On Jan. 9, the drone flown by Peter Akemann, 56, struck the plane supplied by the Quebec provincial government and grounded the aircraft.

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to enter a plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.