Amazon’s MK30 drones had been delivering packages in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Ariz. after the company won FAA approval in October.

An Amazon spokesperson said an incident that involved a crash at a testing facility in Oregon was not the primary reason for the pause.

Amazon’s drone operation, called Prime Air, aims to deliver some 500 million packages a year by the end of the decade. The unit reached a key regulatory milestone in the US last year, receiving authorization from the FAA to fly its craft beyond their ...

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an Oregon testing facility as a factor in the decision.

Our services will resume once these updates are completed and approved by the FAA.” Amazon representatives did not give a timeline of when drone delivery would resume but said employees who work ...

Amazon halts drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, citing possible safety concerns with its MK30 drone software.

Amazon Prime Air, the drone delivery arm of the e-commerce giant, is temporarily halting operations in Texas and Arizona to upgrade its drones’ software. The move follows crashes at Prime Air’s test facility in Pendleton, Oregon, in September and December, first reported by Bloomberg.

The e-commerce and technology company has begun applying for permits to fly delivery drones in Darlington, England.

Passenger jet collides with a helicopter midair near Reagan Airport and crashes into the Potomac River, the FAA says. Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025

According to the Phoenix Sky Harbor website, the flight was an American Airlines flight to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The FAA is investigating a midair collision between an American Airlines aircraft and a helicopter in Washington, DC, halting all takeoffs and landings.

A regional jet crashed near the Reagan National Airport on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to The Hill that a regional jet departing from Wichita, Kansas, collided