Food Delivery Drone Crashes Into Power Lines, Leaving Thousands Without Electricity
Thousands of residents were left without electricity after a food delivery drone crashed into power lines in Australia. The power company, Energex, had to shut down the network after a crew was called to the incident Thursday in Browns Plains, south of Brisbane. While Energex was able to restore electricity for about 2,000 customers within 45 minutes, 300 remained without power for at least three hours, due to being in close vicinity of the drone crash, ABC News said Friday. Energex spokesman Danny Donald told ABC Radio they had never seen delivery drones hitting the network. "We've never seen these delivery drones hit the network. "This is the first time that I've seen it happen.
Sep-30-2022, 11:45:03 GMT
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