Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts
The Browns Plains outage is hardly the first trouble that Wing has had, especially in Australia, where residents of Canberra suburb Bonython ran the project out of town over complaints that Wing's drones wereWing continued to operate in Canberra after leaving Bonython, but had to pull out of another suburb after ravens were spottedWhile Wing's drones don't appear to have ever caused another power outage, hobby drones have been responsible for similar occurrences – like in 2017 when...
In that instance a lot more damage occurred, with city officials saying the crash necessitated tens of thousands of dollars in repairs. It's those sorts of incidents that Energex seems more concerned about, as Donald said he'd never seen a commercial drone accident like the Browns Plains one. What he has seen, he said, were a lot of power line-related accidents over the years involving toys.
"Fifteen years ago, we asked people to be careful if they were giving their children kites for Christmas and where they were flying them. Now we're asking parents to be very careful with where their kids fly their drones," Donald said. ®
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