Amazon’s drone delivery service will soon start operating in 500 cities in the United States. That means the e-commerce giant’s drones will have more inappropriate places to deliver packages.
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This week, a US TV channel aired a video of an Amazon drone hovering over a customer’s swimming pool in Texas before dropping a package into the water. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Previously, a video appeared on the Internet of a Prime Air drone dropping a package next to a swimming pool, but the airflow generated by the propeller blew it directly into the water. Another customer of the service posted a video of a drone dropping a package near a pond, which then bounced off the ground and fell into the water.
Amazon suspended its drone delivery service in the West Valley area of Phoenix last year. The incident occurred after two MK30 drones crashed into a construction crane. There have also been instances of drones cutting internet lines and crashing into house walls. Amazon says once the drone arrives at a delivery point, “They check to see if anyone is nearby before they drop off the package.”. They may also want to check if there is a swimming pool or other body of water nearby.
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