Man Pleads Guilty In Drone Crash With Canadair CL-415 Water Bomber Fighting LA Fires

In a stunning development, not just did US federal law enforcement authorities track down the drone pilot whose DJI Mini 3 Pro crashed into a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, but they found the drone’s pilot in Peter Akemann of Culver City, California to plead guilty on February 1, 2025 in United States District Court for the Central District of California to unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 39B(a)(2), (c)(1).