Culver City guy agrees to plead guilty for flying drone into firefighting plane during Palisades fire

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This is the criminal charge. Will the FAA fine him too?

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Chen said:
This is the criminal charge. Will the FAA fine him too?

Fines probably won’t mean much to him, but it sets an example.

23

Funny how people were convinced it was a government drone, and it turns out it was just some guy being reckless.

24

He’s not listed in the FAA airmen database.

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Corey said:
He’s not listed in the FAA airmen database.

Why would he be?

26

Uma said:

Corey said:
He’s not listed in the FAA airmen database.

Why would he be?

If he had a drone license, he might have known better than to fly there.

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Here’s the full press briefing: https://www.youtube.com/live/Q2wzUtUklvg?si=4CTRjHmOFvh-2zPo

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Did he turn himself in, or did they have to track him down?

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Bryce said:
Did he turn himself in, or did they have to track him down?

Sounds like they had to investigate for two weeks before getting to him.

30

So he launched the drone from Santa Monica and flew it towards a wildfire? What was he thinking?

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I wouldn’t necessarily say he was innocent based on the pictures. He was clearly flying where he shouldn’t have been.