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Unauthorized Drone Takes Firefighting Plane Out of Action
An aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was taken out ... Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted video on X of one of the planes in action, reports CTV News. "Neighbours helping ...
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What It's Like To Be A Cargo Plane Pilot Fighting The LA Fires
The number of drops a plane can make varies greatly from fire ... and size — has been equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS. On the ground, a small army of people ...
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High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
they have also grounded aircraft that are flying fire suppression missions. Planes dumping water and retardant on impacted areas have been unable to take to the sky at times since the fires began ...
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External factors behind Il-76 fire-fighting plane crash in East Siberia — ministry
The Il-76 plane crashed on July 1 while fighting a large fire outbreak threatening populated areas amid a heavy smoke in hard-to-access terrain in the Kachugsky district of the Irkutsk Region ...
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Man pleads guilty to flying drone that struck fire-fighting plane during Palisades fire
31 (UPI) --A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades fire near ...