Products: drone-delivery. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 6.2/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 90th percentile of 171 drones evtol companies.
Matternet's record contains two crash events within a seven-month span in 2019: a January crash into Lake Zurich of a drone carrying clinical lab specimens, and a July crash near children that prompted Swiss Post and Matternet to suspend autonomous delivery operations, both rated severity 2. Both entries are the same failure type — crash — indicating a repeated rather than isolated failure mode for the drone delivery platform. The second event carries an operational consequence (suspension of service), distinguishing it from a contained technical failure. Matternet's index of 6.2 sits at the 90th percentile within drones-evtol, a low-risk standing relative to category peers despite the two-event pattern.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 07/30 2019 |
crash | Bern, Switzerland | Drone crash near kids leads Swiss Post and Matternet to suspend autonomous deliveries · 2 drone crashes | TechCrunch |
| S2 | 01/2019 | crash | Switzerland | Matternet Drone Carrying Clinical Lab Specimens Crashes into Lake Zurich · 1 drone | Dark Daily |