Amazon is still struggling to make drone deliveries work
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Y2PT)
Image: Amazon A report from Bloomberg details the obstacles hampering Amazon's efforts to get its delivery drone program off the ground, citing a high employee turnover rate and potential safety risks.
According to Bloomberg, there were five crashes over the course of a four-month period at the company's testing site in Pendleton, Oregon. A crash in May took place after a drone lost its propeller, but Bloomberg says Amazon cleaned up the wreckage before the Federal Aviation Administration could investigate. Amazon spokesperson Av Zammit disputed this, saying that Amazon followed orders it received from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to document the event and move the drone.
The following month, a drone's motor shut off as it switched...