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LAPD helicopter makes emergency landing after being hit by drone at Encino brush fire (abc7.com)

submitted 4 months ago by 0xebfe@lemmy.today to c/aviation@lemmy.world

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Water-dropping choppers were brought in to help keep the fire from spreading. The Los Angeles Police Department said a drone smacked into one of its helicopters, which was dispatched to the scene of the fire. Police said the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing.

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[–] swicano@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Didn't that guy who clipped the firefighting plane get banned from drones and like $100,000 in repair costs + penalties? Seems like a pretty good deterrent to me

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

I'll trust your word on it, I can't remember. I do remember there was something like 50 illegal drones over the Eaton Fire the other year. Not enough of a deterrent it seems.

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