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Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashes into garden in Darlington

S2 · 07/29
2026 · Amazon · Darlington, England, UK

Record

CompanyAmazon
Categorywarehouse automation
Typecrash
Date07/29
2026
Time of daynot documented
LocationDarlington, England, UK
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale1 drone
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceBBC

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An Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashed into a resident's garden in Darlington, UK during a delivery; no injuries reported, incident under investigation.

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