Drone deliveries take a swim: Amazon drops packages in pools as expansion grows

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Amazon’s Prime Air drone deliveries have dropped packages directly into swimming pools in Texas (and previously in Arizona), as the service expands to about 500 US cities; while Amazon says the drone checks for people and obstacles before delivery, questions remain about whether water is adequately considered a drop zone and past incidents include drones crashing or delivering soggy packages.
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- Amazon drone drops Texas woman’s package in her pool NewsNation
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