Treat drone operators near airports the same way you treat the laser pointer idiots.
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aldernonApr 29, 2026
+260
Made me think of the dude in LA who dinged a Canadian fire fighting plane during the LA wildfires, taking it out of commission.
[Follow up story on that](https://www.courthousenews.com/la-county-man-gets-two-weeks-over-drone-crash-into-palisades-firefighting-plane/)
> A Los Angeles County man was sentenced to two weeks in prison on Monday after flying a drone over the raging wildfire in the Pacific Palisades in January that collided with a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting airplane.
> Peter Akemann, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, a misdemeanor offense that carries a sentence of up to one year in jail. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald also ordered him to pay a $9,500 fine and $147,000 in restitution to cover the repairs of the Quebec Air Service airplane and the rent LA County paid Quebec for it while the plane was grounded for four days.
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[deleted]Apr 29, 2026
+37
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SpiderSlitScrotumsApr 29, 2026
+8
Ukraine, Iran, and Russia are war zones. I don’t think we should be bombing the homes of civilian drone operators.
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Memory_Leak_Apr 29, 2026
+12
Well, no but you can send the FBI out to have a chat with them at least.
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mishap1Apr 29, 2026
+26
Too busy investigating sea shell tweets.
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rallar8Apr 29, 2026
+39
~~Aren’t the majority of these geo-fenced natively? (They don’t even allow you to fly in restricted airspace (so not even by airports))~~
If this turns out accurate, person is going to have to explain something’s.
edit: lol apparently dji ended geo-fencing
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gotohellwithsupermanApr 29, 2026
+389
I hope they catch whoever was flying that drone and make a strong example out of them, and do it loudly and publicly. We cant have this kind of shit end with hundreds of dead people.
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SomewhereNo8378Apr 29, 2026
+90
extremists are going to see this and see an easy avenue for a massive attack
it will be just the beginning of drone-based terrorism
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gotohellwithsupermanApr 29, 2026
+67
It doesn’t take a terrorist, just a dumbfuck.
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[deleted]Apr 29, 2026
+14
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Ok-Country4317Apr 29, 2026
+211
Never would of happened if there was a ballroom on that plane!
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hogBellyApr 29, 2026
+60
From the article "The incident involved a Boeing 737 **jumbo** jet operated by United Airlines, officials said."
No wonder it didn't do any damage...how could you inflict anything on a 737 JUMBO
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youtocinApr 29, 2026
+96
Despite being pretty massive, jets are made of light materials so they can fly. If the drone struck an engine, that could cause serious problems. Jets have gone down from striking birds.
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lordaddamentApr 29, 2026
+133
They’re making a joke about calling a 737 a jumbo jet. It’s one of the smallest passenger jets that isn’t a regional
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