Two Amazon drones hit the same crane: SAA failure raises hard reliability questions
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-21
UAS News revisits Amazon's Tolleson incident, where two Prime Air drones struck the same crane within minutes, apparently without the SAA system working as designed; a fire allegedly caused fume inhalation and the NTSB is likely to dig deeper. The piece questions whether contingent landing triggered at all, notes FAA's data gaps could be filled from public records, and asks how safe is safe enough when failure consequences are physical.
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