rotorfan
13th Dec 2020, 19:27
This is no longer "news" in the strict sense of the word, but I didn't get it posted when I first saw it in my AOPA email on Nov. 24. It's encouraging to see a louse occasionally get caught, hoping it deters others.
"An FBI agent trained in counter-drone operations to protect firefighters worked with Los Angeles police to track down a 22-year-old man who confessed, according to a federal criminal complaint, to launching his quadcopter to observe police activity around midnight on Sept. 18 and flew his DJI Mavic into an LAPD helicopter. "
The full story is HERE (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/november/23/man-faces-prison-for-allegedly-flying-drone-into-helicopter?utm_source=ebrief&utm_medium=email)
"An FBI agent trained in counter-drone operations to protect firefighters worked with Los Angeles police to track down a 22-year-old man who confessed, according to a federal criminal complaint, to launching his quadcopter to observe police activity around midnight on Sept. 18 and flew his DJI Mavic into an LAPD helicopter. "
The full story is HERE (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/november/23/man-faces-prison-for-allegedly-flying-drone-into-helicopter?utm_source=ebrief&utm_medium=email)