Pilot of Drone That Grounded Blaze-Battling ‘Super Scooper’ Pleads Guilty
Peter Tripp Akemann of Culver City, California, faces up to one year in federal prison for the accident.
Peter Tripp Akemann of Culver City, California, faces up to one year in federal prison for the accident.
Control tower data shows the U.S. Army helicopter was flying at an altitude around 300 feet despite restrictions limiting it to no higher than 200 feet.
Agency says airport that was site of fatal midair collision has 25 certified controllers and three controllers in training.
President on Thursday suggested the collision between a passenger jet and U.S. Army helicopter was caused by diversity initiatives.
Chris Rocheleau, National Business Aviation Association executive and FAA veteran, steps into a leadership role following the deadliest U.S. airline accident in years.
Fire officials have reported ‘multiple, unauthorized drones’ within the TFRs, according to the FAA.
Pilots of both aircraft were killed when they collided upon landing, according to Reno Air Racing Association officials.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the midair collision of two firefighter helicopters in California that killed three people on Sunday.
The go-team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is painstakingly sifting through wreckage of two World War II-era aircraft that collided midair during the Wings Over Dallas airshow on Saturday. Six people were killed—five on the B-17G Texas Raiders and one on the Bell P-63F Kingcobra. Both aircraft, B-17G, N7227C, and Bell P-63F, N6763, […]
Following the incident, the National Transportation Safety Board took command of the crash site.