L.A. Man Sentenced to 14 Days in Prison for Accidentally Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane

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A 57-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 days in prison and 30 days of home detention for flying a hobby drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles back in January.

In addition to the brief prison time and home detention, Akemann has been ordered to pay about $156,000 in restitution and fines, according to the Orange County Register. The cost to repair the plane was $65,169. Akemann will also serve 150 hours of community service to support wildfire relief efforts.

So 14 days in jail, 30 days home detention, $156k in fines, and 150 hours of community service.

Do you all think this will be enough to dissuade others?

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Damn!! What a foolhardy thing to do !! How dumb does one have to be really? £115,500 approximately, wow!!

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Yeah owtch! What a huge fine.

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Unfortunately, the kind of people who tend to get themselves into such situations tend to be ‘reality exempt’ and absolutely know that it will never happen to them. Usually, there is so little publicity around such events (at least in the UK) that very few people ever hear of them.

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@Aiken_Drumn Damm thats a hefty fine :grimacing::man_facepalming:

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How do you accidentally crash into a plane?