BREAKING: LA Fire Department reports that one of the two essential “Super Scooper” aircraft leased by LA County from Canada was struck by a civilian drone at the #PalisadesFire today & is now GROUNDED and out of service with wing damage. FAA investigating. It is a federal crime to fly a drone during firefighting efforts.
The Super Scoopers are the incredible yellow & red fixed wing planes you see scooping up water from the Pacific Ocean & making drops on fires. They are an invaluable asset for firefighters & have a quick turnaround time. Their call signs are Quebec 1 & Quebec 2. Quebec 1 is now out of service in the midst of a catastrophic fire event in SoCal.
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The drone owner should be held personally liable for the aircraft and property loss (since the plane can no longer operate). Why doesn’t the US Parks service own these types of planes?
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This is insane.
And we need to BUY 20 of these planes and keep 10 in LA and 10 in northern CA. This isn’t hard!!!!!
I'd say you can't even make this stuff up, but that's where we're at now.
Was it one of the drones from NJ that are the size of a car? That’s the only way I see a wing getting damaged on this plane.
Drones have been getting out of hand lately. I did not know it was a federal crime.
Good thing that Bridger Aerospace has techs headed that way
Don't you think it time that LA buys its own Super Scooper aircraft? One would think... but the Mayor wants firefighting budgets slashed... hmmm.
my first Q: why on earth are there only 2 of these and why are we only hearing about them after 48 hours? these should have been operating right away!
Operating a drone during firefighting efforts is a federal crime, punishable by up to 12 months in prison or a fine of up to $75,000.
I suspect the drone operator may do time in a federal "big boy" prison.
Does anyone know exactly where this happened? Was it over the water or in the fire area itself?
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Amazing that they never built infrastructure to pump water from the ocean in an emergency situation.
All that money they waste, and no one could even think they might need to do that.
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But hasn't the nation already told us there's nothing they can do about drones? Or is that only east coast drones they have zero power or authority over?
These L.A. fires seem more like warfare than the result of a "wind event"
How many of these planes exist? Can’t another one fly there from someplace else?
That is devastating. Whomever operated that drone just cost people their homes and possibly lives. They need to go to jail.
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I'm putting on my bingo card, "CIA tries to bring down water bombers with drones to hamper firefighting efforts."
(My tinfoil hat has countless layers at this point)
This is either the most laughably incompetent effort in the history of this nation or this is deliberate. A possibly a mix of both, tbh.
The coincidences of enabling this fire and preventive actions for effectively subduing these fires, continue to pile up. This drone decommissioning this Super Scooper plane is totally suspect.
Palisades water reservoir was offline for planned maintenance during their fire.
Only in LA. Those planes help us in WA all summer long, every summer. Zero incidents.
Wait, does California not have its own “Super Scooper” planes, or were the ones leased from Canada just augmenting California scoopers?
First, why is it so hard for people to behave and act normal in 2025.
Like who is so stupid that they thought it was a good idea to fly a drone in that area?
Second and probably more important:
WHY THE FLYING FUCK DOESN’T THE UNITED STATES HAVE ANY OF THESE FLYING WATER
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At the rate California is burning, they should buy their fleet so LA residents can break their own stuff next time.
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there people flying drones to get pics for there neighbors burn houses that evacuated. The guy that runs the VFW or some militant hall admitted it in a tv interview yesterday, couldn't believe it.
Little Gorilla tape and she’s good as new. Planes came back from bombing runs in WWII without a tail. Grow a pair Canada.
Was it the same type of drone, I wonder, that was found with the Russian Wagner Group mercenary who was detained illegally crossing our southern border?
I remember during the Thomas fire aircraft was grounded because of drones. How stupid can people be? It’s maddening.
Grounded for that little boo boo? Just put some duct tape on it like all of the rest of aviation everywhere.
The incompetence of officials is astounding
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We learned yesterday that the FBI hit a fireplane with a Drone.
Today, at their presser, LA Police are acting like they don't know that the pilot of the Drone was the FBI.
With California's 300 billion dollar budget why don't they have 30 of these things owned by the state? They've burned 120 billion dollars on a high speed rail to nowhere instead.
California is asking Canada for planes??!
Has there ever been a more wasteful and ineffective governement in history?
I’m starting to think we are at war, and don’t know it yet.
Who started these fires?
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Find the drone operator. Is it a Chinese student?
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LA sits next to the Pacific Ocean the largest body of water on earth...why in Gods name aren't they tapping into that?
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To be fair, LA lets people break the law as much as they want, so it's hard to know when they are supposed to follow the law and when it's socially acceptable to break it. Play silly games, win silly prizes 
Disregard all the BS about drones in NJ (I live there) as most of it is BS. I've never seen anything in the sky that couldn't be explained.
However, with over 1-million drones out there and numbers increasing, the FAA better get serious about this potential for disaster and
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I love LA. It’s in my soul - but there are more idiots per capita in LA than anyplace else on earth.
Only California can screw up this magnanimously. Unreal. Meanwhile in NY, a major structure fire has 200 firemen on scene. LA????? Just 23,000. Heads better roll.
Check out the high speed rail boondoggle and the money stolen in that scam.
Why are you dropping salt water on fires, who’s the idiot in charge of that operation?
Go get lake water!
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Have you ever heard the phrase “salting the earth”?
Like in ancient times they would conquer a city, burning it to the ground, and then scatter salt on the earth.
Do you know why?
Nothing will ever grow there again.
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How much more proof is needed that this was arson with everything engineered to cause maximu damage.
Prosecute the drone operator to the fullest extent of the law!
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I would like to believe it wasn't intentional but I just can't. How can anyone not see such a hugh aircraft.
The $11 billion that California has poured down the non-existent high speed rail project since 2008 would buy 430 Canadair CL-415 “Super Scooper” aircraft at about $ 25.7 million apiece - the state could have spent a mere 5.6 % of this one particular boondoggle budget & bought a
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This is the first I've seen or heard about drones and protocols. This is a huge loss !
The news told people not to be flying them right now. its bad it damaged a “Scooper“aircraft that is so important.
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We broke the BORROWED emergency response plane
This is why we can’t have nice things
If this is true I bet it is bc someone was looking for that shot or video to make them social media worthy. When they are caught they need to pay to fix the plane
My kid’s drone won’t even fly into TFR’s… which I think is pretty cool tech and keeps him from getting a giant fine.
The enforcement of drone bans needs to become draconian penalty. And the ability to safely disable them.
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Just a question, If sea water is so corrosive, why doesn’t it destroy ships that stay in it for years?
What happened to all the people saying we can't use salt water because of the corrosion etc.
Saddest and perhaps most horrific thing is legacy media not reporting and/or outraged by the causes for this unbelievably tragic event.
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The drone owner needs to be fined and jailed. He's stopped front line workers from saving lives and property
Any destruction to property or life that occurred after that drone hit the Scooper needs to fall on the drone operator and criminal charges should be filed. And he or she owes the owner of the Scooper a new one!
