Dozens of drones crash into Sydney harbour after light show glitch (www.bbc.com)
from Valuy@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 26 May 07:27
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WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today on 26 May 08:40 next collapse

Well, that sounds expensive.

Prathas@lemmy.zip on 26 May 13:15 collapse

Indeed, both economically and environmentally…

HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social on 26 May 09:59 next collapse

Still a better outcome than when a fireworks show “glitches”.

eleijeep@piefed.social on 26 May 11:30 next collapse

The main cause was “an unforeseen change in the radio frequency environment occurring after take-off,” Skymagic said, triggering some drones “to enact failsafe landing procedures in response to compromised positional accuracy”.

Sounds like they got jammed, whether intentionally or not.

itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world on 26 May 11:38 next collapse

That’s pretty funny

ViscloReader@lemmy.world on 26 May 11:39 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e61b5e5a-98db-4e31-bd79-0022a4bcd42d.gif">

dellish@lemmy.world on 26 May 12:29 collapse

So they’ll be responsible for the clean up, right?