Drought - strickenCalifornia has seen a wildfire rage on this week , but when airplane carrying fire retardation attempt to bear the ardor Wednesday , someone ’s hobby drone hovering over the conniption got in the way .
venerate a collision , theplanes turned back , the fire got worse , and the failed mission be some $ 15,000 , the LA Times report .
The first civilian drone that was spotted was reportedly four - understructure wide-eyed and was hum near the planes ’ project airdrop zone . One plane carry 10,800 gallons of retardant turned back , along with two diminished planes . The flame retardant was tossed at the Nevada mete .
A 2d personal pilotless aircraft was recognize when the aeroplane headed back to base — that drone was apparently flying at 1,200 infantry , way above the Federal Aviation Administration ’s 400 - foot limit . The Bureau of Land Managementsaysthat unmanned personal aircrafts interfering with fire suppression efforts can lead to vicious prosecution .
“ It ’s infuriating , ” a U.S. Forest Service spokesperson assure the LA Times .
Thisisn’t the first timedrones have intervene with firefighting effort . Irony is , drones can alsohelpin these situations . But flying robots buzzing in the literal heat of an emergency is causing tension : A fireman try shell a drone with a fire hose on at leastone occasion .
[ LA Times ]
Image via Getty : Firefighters walk through smoke at a Mt. Hamilton , Cal . forest fire June 3
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