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Video Game Exec Pleads Guilty to Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane During LA Wildfires (gizmodo.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Peter T. Akemann, the co-founder of the Treyarch video game studio, has pleaded guilty to recklessly flying a drone during the California wildfire. According to his own admission, the video game exec launched a DJI drone during the fires last month and it crashed into a firefighting plane. He’ll pay $65,169 to repair the plane and do 150 hours of community service related to wildfire relief.

Akemann is a 56-year-old gaming veteran with a long history in the industry. Treyarch, the studio he co-founded, is responsible for the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise and the Black Ops run of Call of Duty games.

On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 Pro towards the Pacific Palisades with the goal of surveilling the fire.

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[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 7 points 10 hours ago

I know planes are fast etc but the drone he used is 250g which is 10 to 30 times lighter than a goose.

I would have expected light scratches maybe?

I'd thought someone sent out a Hollywood grade heavy drone weighing much more with a lot more metal because... Hollywood is right there.

That's a lot of damage for 250g of plastic and LiPo

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, look, another rich person being a dick.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 14 hours ago

Drones are cheap. The "I point lasers at planes" and the "I fly drones during emergencies" crowds overlap

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting. But why is this in a politics community? I don't see any relation to politics.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

It was a government plane with laws around it and he was prosecuted. This about drone laws and a follow up.

ETA: Feel free to downvote if you don't think it belongs.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This particular article doesn't mention that this was a Canadian government plane and an international incident. I think that qualifies.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I had no idea about the Canadian part: https://globalnews.ca/news/10991822/la-wildfires-drone-pilot-canadian-aircraft-damage-guilty/

[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

The same Canadians the US government wants to apply tariffs to? That's not very chill of you, dudes.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Yeah not all politics is about who we're being told to hate

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

I was just wondering if I missed something. (Like if the guy was a politician or something.)