Posted on 01/09/2025 9:56:34 PM PST by Angelino97
A firefighting plane that drops more than 1,500 gallons of water at a time is grounded after it collided with a drone flying illegally above the Palisades fire Thursday, Jan. 9, according to officials.
A drone was flying above the nearly 20,000-acre fire around 10 a.m. Thursday, when the Canadair CL-14 Super Scooper struck the drone, said Christopher Thomas, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The impact left a large hole in the plane’s left wing, but the pilot landed safely.
Because of the damage, the Super Scooper, which can drop 1,600 gallons of water at a time and refill its supply in five minutes, won’t be usable until it’s repaired. It will likely be out of commission for the duration of the Palisades fire, Thomas said.
In the temporary flight restriction zones established around wildfires, all aircraft not working toward firefighting efforts are banned.
Flying a drone near a wildfire often requires fire officials to ground all aircrafts to avoid possible collisions. A drone, Thomas said, could easily take down an aircraft, killing its pilots.
To ensure no other drones were in the air, crews had to ground all firefighting aircrafts for between 15 and 30 minutes, when they could’ve been battling the growing Palisades fire, Thomas said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailynews.com ...
I’d guessed that there was a good chance this would happen.
Yeah, some dog crap instagram liberal.
I hope they can determies and prosecute the infractor.
But, yeah, it’s Kalifornia, so...
*determine
I would have guessed a news station looking for a scoop
they’ll need to fly in a repair crew from Canada, I suppose.
I hope they catch the guy and fine him the $75K penalty plus jail time. What idiot flys a drone when a disaster is in progress when the news choppers’ videos are so much better than any drone footage one could capture
Big enough to hole an aircraft is supposed to be big enough to require a transponder.
Oh wait, that would be some sort of enforcing the law, never-mind!
Typical dumbass trying to get likes on social media, bye bye drone. Say hello to your cell.
1600 gallons is a cube of roughly 6x6x6. Better than nothing, but not exactly the inundation that got Noah all worked up.
In WWII that plane would have been patched up and flying already. Just sayin’.
Today, a hole in a plane happens far less often. So the infrastructure is not there to immediately patch it.
If they find the operator of the drone, he /she/it should be flown over the fire and dropped on it.
Excuse me. The infrastructure is there - especially in the Los Angeles area.
But also there, now, is the DEI “infrastructure” designed to utterly wreck the determination of the kind that people had during, and the two decades after, World War II.
The amazing World War II excellent determination to get the aircraft airworthy and capable of surviving the next fight - all the work done within the next 48 - 72 hours.
The kind of work that did not pin “participation medals” on peoples’ chests, for their always reminding everybody that “they” and “them” (the couple, according to Chief Justice Roberts) succeeded in having one of 57 “genders” worth of diversity while in the combat theatre.
Actually real high-speed aluminum foil tape might work. As opposed to duck tape.
[In WWII that plane would have been patched up and flying already. Just sayin’.]
First the lesbians have to determine who is the next lesbian to get a participation trophy and a $400,000+ to $500,000+ salary.
If it’s a protected special person, nothing will happen.
Lots of them around.
“Excuse me. The infrastructure is there - especially in the Los Angeles area. But also there, now, is the DEI “infrastructure””
GREAT POINT - The question likely is whether they can find a Lesbian qualified to repair airframes. Certainly none in the LA Fire Department as their Lesbians are all in the top-paying jobs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.