VIDEO: Amazon Delivery Drone Crashes Into Texas Apartment
A Richardson woman was casually filming an Amazon delivery drone then watched it slam into her apartment building and crash to the ground, still spinning and smoking.
On Feb. 4, an Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone slammed into the side of an apartment building in Richardson, before dropping to the ground below. The entire thing was caught on video by a resident who had been working from home and noticed the drone hovering nearby.
Cessy Johnson had never seen a delivery drone before. When she noticed one flying nearby, she took out her phone and started recording unknowing she would catch something unsettling on camera.
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The drone flew out of her view but she said she could hear strange mechanical noises, followed by falling debris. Moments later, the drone crashed near the building. Even after impact, the propellers were still spinning.
"The propellers on the thing were still moving, and you could smell it was starting to burn. And you see a few sparks in one of my videos. Luckily, nothing really caught on fire where it got, it escalated really crazy," she said.
Emergency responders arrived to dismantle the drone, followed shortly by Amazon employees who removed the wreckage from the scene. Amazon later issued an apology and confirmed it is investigating what caused the crash and is handling the repairs to the building where the drone collided.
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The crash comes as drone delivery continues expanding across North Texas. Amazon began offering drone deliveries in Richardson in December, joining other major retailers like Walmart, which are testing similar programs aimed at faster, more automated delivery.
Drone deliveries could reduce traffic and speed up shipping, but it doesn’t come without risk. Just like this crash, these types of autonomous deliveries pose unpredictable risks.
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