By Editor,Jack Toledo
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An investigation has been launched after Amazon delivery drones dramatically collided with cranes in Arizona, raining fiery debris across the area.
The Amazon Prime delivery drones crashed in a commercial area of Tolleson yesterday morning.
It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the incident, which authorities are now investigating.
Terrence Clark, spokesperson for Amazon, told the Daily Mail: ‘We’re aware of an incident involving two Prime Air drones in Tolleson, Arizona. We’re currently working with the relevant authorities to investigate.’
A Facebook post by Robert Mitchell, who claimed to have been working at the site at the time, described the scene.
‘You can’t always predict safe crane operations. Been running around cranes most of my life, and today was just bizarre.’
He added: ‘When the load was set down, we heard a loud noise from the ground and looked up to see all kinds of debris falling on us.’
‘Several got hit. While we had finally figured out it was a big drone, about three minutes later, another one hit the exact same spot.’
The post further explained that one person was standing six feet away from the landing spot of the wrecked drone.
Mitchell continued: ‘Nothing done incorrectly on our end. But something badly went wrong with the drone’s flight paths.’
‘They dented the bottom of the boom, so the job is delayed.’
The Tolleson Police Department said that officers responded to the crash shortly after 10 am, according to KTAR.
Sergeant Erik Mendez told the outlet: ‘When we arrived on scene, Amazon was also arriving. I’m not sure if they got maybe notified by their systems.’
Mendez also said that it has become a common occurrence to see drones making deliveries; however, it is the first crash reported to his department.
It appears from the photos of the destruction that the drone was Amazon’s MK30 model.
The most advanced model, it was brought to Arizona in November 2024 and can travel twice as far as previous Amazon delivery drones, according to the company’s website.
Amazon’s Prime Air team spent nearly two years developing the MK30.
Amazon announced on May 30, 2024, that the FAA had given the drones approval to travel farther than ever before.
