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Los Angeles wildfires: Firefighting plane grounded for 3 days after drone strike causes 'fist-sized hole'
"The pilots were unaware that they hit the drone," Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said ... maintenance staff noticed that there was a fist-sized hole in the leading edge of the ...
A drone collided with one of the only Super Scooper planes fighting the LA wildfires, grounding a key resource
A drone hit the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper plane fighting the LA fires. Cal Fire only has one other Quebec 1 aircraft in its arsenal.