US EditionAmazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas
An Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone clipped an internet cable after delivery, prompting an FAA probe; the drone safely landed and Amazon covered repair costs, officials said.
- An Amazon delivery drone snapped an internet cable while descending into a customer's yard in central Texas.
- The incident prompted a federal probe by the Federal Aviation Administration into Amazon's drone operations.
- Amazon confirmed the incident, stating the drone performed a safe landing and it paid for cable repairs.
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The FAA Is Investigating Multiple Amazon Drone Crashes
It has been almost a decade since Amazon Prime first used a drone to deliver a package. Specifically, in 2016 the first aerial device was used to convey a package to a customer; in the years since then, the retailing giant has sought to refine and expand that process. That hasn’t been without some issues, however, and a series of recent incidents has led the FAA to open multiple investigations into the drone delivery program.The first of these i…
An Amazon delivery drone snagged and cut an internet cable in Texas last week.
Following two Amazon drone crashes in Arizona last month, the FAA is investigating another incident in Waco, Texas, according to CNBC. After delivering a package the drone “got tangled in a nearby internet cable” before shearing the wire and performing a “safe contingent landing.” There were no injuries or widespread internet outages. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/089CBuGTkcY]
Amazon drone cuts internet cable in Texas, triggering FAA investigation
On November 18 at around 12.45pm, an Amazon MK30 drone got caught on a hanging overhead internet cable. As the video of the incident shows (below), the drone then severed the thin cable when it tried to fly away.Read Entire Article
FAA investigating Amazon after drone cuts internet cable
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Amazon after a delivery drone collided with an internet cable in Texas last week, the agency said on Wednesday. One of Amazon’s MK30 delivery aircraft struck the cable in Waco, Texas, around 12:45 p.m. local time on Nov. 18, the FAA told multiple news outlets. The incident unfolded when one of the drone’s propellers became entangled in the cable after making a delivery, according to a video re…
Amazon investigated by FAA after delivery drone strikes internet cable
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which an Amazon delivery drone struck an overhead internet cable in Texas, the agency confirmed to FOX Business.An Amazon MK30 drone, with registration number N139PA, hit the cable in Waco, Texas, at about 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 18, according to the FAA.Amazon said the drone had just completed a delivery when it "clipped a thin, overhead internet cable," triggering a safe cont…
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