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Falling drones seriously injure 7-year-old boy at Orlando Lake Eola holiday drone show

S4 · 12/2024
evening, Dec 21, 2024 · Sky Elements Drone Show · Orlando, FL, USA

Record

CompanySky Elements Drone Show
Categoryother
Typeinjury
Date12/2024
Time of dayevening, Dec 21, 2024
LocationOrlando, FL, USA
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scalemulti-drone light show
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceNBC News

What happened

Multiple drones lost control and fell from the sky during a synchronized holiday drone show at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida; one struck a 7-year-old boy, causing a chest/heart injury requiring emergency open-heart surgery. NTSB investigated.

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