I hope they at least give him a stiff fine to send a message.
cf100clunk 3 hours ago |
The flying of unauthorized drones within firefighting areas is a federal crime punishable by up to 12 months in prison or a fine of up to US$75,000. Catching the person is the first order of business.
kelnos 2 hours ago |
Stiff fine? I'd hope for jail time. This act could have taken lives.
mmmlinux 3 hours ago |
Can they not just patch it up fairly quickly and get it going again due to emergency? or do they have to keep it as is to conduct a whole investigation now.
cf100clunk 2 hours ago |
''The collision left the CL-415 plane with a "sizable hole in its wing," said Christopher Thomas, a spokesperson with the California state firefighting agency, Cal Fire.''
The repair will have to be performed as per manufacturer documentation by a licensed airframe mechanic and signed off by an inspector. This may or may not be a quick process depending on the severity of the damage and availability of replacement parts. The FAA generally wouldn't grant emergency exceptions to those rules, except perhaps for a ferry flight to another maintenance facility.
vaxman 2 hours ago |
The fury of all Los Angeles being focused on this will result in:
a) A large fine
b) A lengthy prison sentence
c) The banning of all non-commercial drones in California outside of remote desert areas
d) All of the above
cf100clunk 2 hours ago |
Time to roll out a kill-switch that emergency authorities can use to knock down all unauthorized drones in areas like that. After some fair warning, any drone still flying in such zones would suddenly become dead weight. It might be the only way to guard against this sort of idiocy.