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Food delivery drone lands on power lines resulting in power outage for thousands
A food delivery drone operated by Alphabet subsidiary Wing landed on overhead power lines in Brisbane, Australia, and caught fire. As a result, the network was shut down by energy firm Energex to respond to the incident, leaving thousands without power.
Some 2,000 individuals were left without electricity for around 45 minutes, reports ABC News and The Age, while 300 customers had no power for three hours.
Energex spokesman Danny Donald told The Age that the drone “landed on top of 11,000 volts and whilst it didn’t take out power, there was voltage tracking across the drone and the drone caught fire and fell to the ground.”
A spokesperson for Wing told the publication that the drone made a “precautionary controlled landing yesterday …...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/30/23380044/food-delivery-drone-knocks-out-power-australia-wing
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