Amazon has temporarily halted testing of delivery drones after two of its models crashed. According to To Bloomberg. It’s the latest setback for Amazon’s beleaguered Prime Air program, which aims to deliver about 500 million packages a year to customers by the end of the decade.
Two Amazon drones crashed in rainy weather at a testing facility in Pendleton, Oregon, in December, Bloomberg reported. In another incident in September, drone operators employed by the company were testing how the drones would perform if one of their propellers malfunctioned, according to Bloomberg, and they accidentally launched two test flights simultaneously, causing the drones to collide.
Amazon said it will suspend drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, where it has commercial drone operations, pending a software update to its drone fleet, according to Bloomberg.
Amazon’s drone program has faced several setbacks, including… departure of key executives. Last April, Amazon ended Prime Air drone deliveries in California, although the company plans to do so Expand Drone delivery tests abroad.