Fly over the striking desert waters of Lake Powell, where red rock canyons meet vivid blue water in a surreal landscape ...

The aircraft can hold about 7,200 liters of water. “We hit a drone this afternoon — first one,” said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.” ...

Around 1 p.m. Thursday, a civilian drone flew into its wing, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott. "The pilots were unaware that they hit the drone," Los Angeles County ...

The water-dropping aircraft is now grounded for repairs as civilian drones hamper firefighting efforts. The water-dropping aircraft is now grounded for repairs as civilian drones hamper ...

Fire officials in Southern California informed the FAA that a firefighting aircraft struck a drone Thursday as it was flying over the largest of the region's fires near the Los Angeles County ...

Now aerial firefighters battling the Los Angeles wildfires are facing an additional danger: illegal drones. On Thursday a “Super Scooper” plane fighting the Palisade fire collided with a drone ...

The FBI announced on Monday that it is seeking information about the collision of an unauthorized drone with a firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County ...

PHOTO: Firefighting aircraft damaged after colliding with drone over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California. “So whose house is not going to get that water to protect it?” a California ...

LOS ANGELES — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead ...

open image in gallery A Canadian Super Scooper airplane assisting with wildfire fighting efforts in Los Angeles was damaged when it struck a privately-owned drone operating in restricted airspace.