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British Columbia firefighters had to call off an aerial attack on the province's biggest wildfire because people were flying drones nearby
The British Columbia wildfire service took to Twitter to remind people that flying drones in a wild…
Michael Goodman
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Washington firefighting crews are sick of people flying drones above wildfires and throwing off their operations
A Washington Department of Natural Resources communications manager said drones have become a frequ…
Chris Panella
How aerial firefighters are trained to fight forest fires
Aerial firefighters go through intense training before they're ready to fight active wildfires from…
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How aerial firefighters are trained to fight forest fires
We spent three days with Bridger Aerospace, where pilots trained in the company's signature firefig…
Clayton Dyer,Graham Flanagan
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EHang has developed a firefighting autonomous flying vehicle for high-rise fires in dense cities — see how it works
This includes its flagship two-seater EHang 216, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) AAV with po…
Brittany Chang
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An inside look at aerial firefighting — the high-stakes game of combatting the West's unprecedented wildfires on high
Across the western US, firefighters have been busy tackling one of the worst wildfire seasons to da…
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
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50 California firefighters had to pull people out of 2 cars that careened into a 15-foot sinkhole
Over a dozen people died due to the storms, and hundreds of thousands remain without power, accordi…
Azmi Haroun
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A trash mountain in India the size of 12 football fields caught fire. The toxic fumes from the burning heap are making firefighters faint.
More than 600,000 people living in Kochi have been advised to stay indoors to avoid inhaling toxic …
Aditi Bharade
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How the $30 million "Super Scooper" CL-415EAF plane was built to fight wildfires
We went inside the Super Scooper to learn how it fights forest fires from the sky and to see how ae…
Clayton Dyer,Graham Flanagan
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Firefighters had to suspend aerial operations over a Utah wildfire when someone illegally flew a drone over the blaze
According to tweets from Provo Fire and Rescue and the FAA, aerial operations were held up for an h…
David Slotnick
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Aerial photos reveal the shocking damage of California's deadliest wildfire on record
Seven fires ignited near Highway 128 in the Napa Valley late Sunday, and grew as gusty winds spread…
Melia Robinson
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Aerial Video Shows The Massive Scope Of The Yosemite Wildfire
It's the largest fire to pass Yosemite's borders since 1996, according to Wired. The blaze is so fa…
Pamela Engel
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A plane crashed in a Brazil neighborhood, with all aboard feared dead
A plane carrying 62 people crashed in São Paulo, Brazil. President Lula da Silva says all aboard di…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Conz Preti
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GOP Senate candidate plans to steer book sale money to a group that lobbies for his industry, teeing up potential conflict of interest
The memoir revenue adds to existing questions about how Tim Sheehy, who remains the CEO of an aeros…
Bryan Metzger
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Ukraine appears to be attacking Russia's oil-and-gas industry with small, cheap drones that can bypass its air defenses
Russia's air defenses have proven to be less potent against small drones because they're meant to d…
Alia Shoaib
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Ukrainian forces snuck into Russia, raided military positions, and mined the only road in the area, Kyiv says
Ukraine's military intelligence agency released video footage showing its soldiers engaging in heav…
Jake Epstein
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Drone footage shows Ukrainian forces trapping fighters from Russia's Wagner Group in a lethal crossfire
Drone footage shared by Ukraine shows its troops decimating a unit of the Wagner group in the fierc…
Bethany Dawson
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The iconic flying boat that helped hunt down Axis warships during World War II is getting a new lease on life
As the US and other militaries prepare for a potential conflict in the Pacific, planes that can lan…