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Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Matt Growcoot]
The co-founder of an influential video game company has pled guilty to flying his drone into a firefighting aircraft operating above the Los Angeles wildfires last month.
Peter Tripp Akemann admitted to flying his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone into a Super Scooper water dumping plane that was actively fighting the Pacific Palisades fire near Santa Monica.
In a court hearing on Friday, Akemann pled guilty in a bid to avoid prison and receive 150 hours of community service instead. He has also offered to pay for the repairs of the plane which is at least $65,000.