The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper ...

A civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a ...

The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the ...

The Canadair CL-415, known as the "Super Scooper," is one of the most powerful tools in aerial firefighting. Designed to skim ...

MORE: Fire officials plead for people to not fly ... The aircraft, which is designed to scoop water from bodies of water and drop it on fires, was able to land safely and was taken out of service ...

The aircraft, which is designed to scoop water from bodies of water and drop ... ever to hit Southern California. We need all the planes that we can have at the time. And now we have one down ...

According to officials, the plane collided with a privately ... of commission for several days while the fire burned. It was only one of two Super Scoopers available. It's a federal crime to ...