drone crash spark forest fire
Amazon '30 minute deliveries' delayed after drone crash sparks forest fire
THE TIMELINE for Amazon's flying delivery service has been pushed back after one drone caused a brush fire. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, has long been vocal about his plan for creating a fleet of drones to deliver Prime packages in 30 minutes. However, despite spending more than $2 billion on the project, Amazon is still not in a place to launch the planned delivery system. In fact, a Bloomberg investigation found that the service is plagued by technical challenges and safety concerns. Furthermore, drones have crashed in test runs, and have even been the cause of a brush fire that spanned 25 acres. Reports found that last year, five delivery drones crashed at Amazon's test site in Oregon, with one causing the fire.