Whereas the Firefighting Plane was conducting its firefighting missions, defendant drove to the world close to the Third Avenue Promenade in Santa Monica, California, and parked his automobile on the highest ground of a parking construction. Defendant launched the Drone and flew it towards the Pacific Palisades to watch injury brought on by the Palisades Fireplace. On the time, the Federal Aviation Administration had issued Short-term Flight Restrictions that prohibited drone operations close to the Southern California wildfires, together with the Palisades Fireplace.
Defendant flew the Drone at the very least 2500 meters away from its launch level and misplaced visible sight of the Drone whereas flying it. Thereafter, the Drone collided with the Firefighting Plane, inflicting an roughly 3-inch-by-6-inch gap within the left wing of Firefighting Plane.