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Kent Police DJI Matrice 30T crashes into child, severe hand injury

S3 · 08/02
2025 · ~16:00 UK · DJI · London, England, UK

Record

CompanyDJI
Categorydrones evtol
Typeinjury
Date08/02
2025
Time of day~16:00 UK
LocationLondon, England, UK
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 unit
Confidencehigh
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceDroneXL

What happened

A Kent Police-operated DJI Matrice 30T drone struck a power line and crashed into a child during an operational deployment, causing severe hand injuries requiring hospital treatment in London; IOPC opened an independent investigation and served a misconduct notice.

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