FAA Investigates Amazon Drone Incident: Cable Snag in Texas

Amazon’s latest-generation MK30 delivery drone has become entangled in an overhead internet cable in Waco, Texas, prompting a federal FAA investigation. The incident marks the third significant accident involving the hexacopter design in two months, raising fresh concerns about the aircraft’s detect-and-avoid technology. While the drone executed a controlled landing without injuries, the collision adds pressure on Amazon’s decade-long effort to commercialize autonomous delivery at scale. The Waco incident follows two separate MK30 crashes involving construction cranes in Arizona last October.