A Russian-made drone on its way to making a first parcel delivery crashed into a wall and crumbled to pieces in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude on Monday, shocking local residents and regional officials at the scene.<\/p>\n
The unmanned aerial vehicle was sent to deliver a small package to a neighboring village in a ceremony meant to showcase a new way to deliver mail in the sparsely populated Buryatia region located more than 4,400 km east of Moscow.<\/p>\n
Video footage from the scene showed the drone lifting off from a miniature launch pad bearing Russian Post\u2019s blue and white logo, buzzing through the air for several seconds before losing height and crashing into a three-storey residential building in front of a small crowd of spectators who were heard uttering expletives.<\/p>\n
No one was harmed in the incident, which left debris from the drone in pieces on the ground.<\/p>\n
Russian Post was quick to distance itself from the drone crash, saying it was present at the launch merely as a guest. It said the drone was made by a company called Rudron\/Expeditor 3M, which had organized the testing. The company could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s postal service had announced plans in 2016 to start using drones for parcel deliveries across the vast country.<\/p>\n
Alexei Tsydenov, the head of the Buryatia region present at the crash site, said that the more than 100 Wi-Fi connections in the area could have disrupted the drone\u2019s flight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won\u2019t stop with this, we will keep trying,\u201d he said, adding that the device cost some $20,000. \u201cThose who don\u2019t risk don\u2019t get a result.\u201d<\/p>\n
Logistics companies and retailers worldwide are starting to try out drones to reach remote customers or those paying a premium for speed.<\/p>\n
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Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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