Passenger was abusive to staff, repeatedly stood up during the safety briefing and had called one stewardess a 'd***head' ...

The Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has reopened to help host the air tankers and other aircraft being sent to aid in the ...

The very large air tankers typically take center stage during the day. But once the sun goes down, they're grounded, and the ...

Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

Evacuations were ordered on the Cal State Channel Islands campus Thursday morning when a brush fire broke out in Ventura County.

A metallic and reflective visual anomaly, called the Taraia Object, is the main body and tail of the missing aircraft, ...

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a Godzilla of a blaze ...

One of the Super Scooper fleet's aircraft sustained wing damage and was grounded on Thursday after colliding with a civilian drone. It is a water-bombing plane, officially named CL-415 but ...

to drop water over the blazes. "When people fly drones near wildfires, fire response agencies often ground their aircraft to avoid the potential for a midair collision," the FAA writes on its website.

A witness took this picture of the lady standing on the aircraft while it floated in the water. Picture: Supplied Initial: January 12, 4.30pm: A light aircraft believed to be a microlight plane ...