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Amazon Prime Air drones crash, federal investigation opened

S2 · 10/01
2025 · 10:00 · Amazon · USA

Record

CompanyAmazon
Categorywarehouse automation
Typecrash
Date10/01
2025
Time of day10:00
LocationUSA
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale2 drones
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Source20 Minutes

What happened

Two Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drones collided with a construction crane boom in Tolleson, Arizona and caught fire; the FAA and NTSB opened investigations. One person was examined for smoke inhalation; no serious injuries reported.

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