A drone crashed into powerlines and caught on fire, keeping food warm for a family in need. The drone was operated by a father who was out of town at the time. The drone crashed into the powerlines while flying over a neighborhood in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The father had been using the drone to take pictures of his children playing outside when he lost control of it and crashed into the powerlines. Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash. The father quickly contacted emergency services and extinguished the fire that had started on the drone. He then retrieved his damaged drone and flew it back to his home to get it fixed. This story is an example of how drones can be used for good instead of bad. Drones can be used to take pictures of beautiful scenery or to help people in need, like this family who were able to keep food warm thanks to a crash landing by a drone. ..

A food delivery drone operated by Alphabet subsidiary Wing crashed into powerlines in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday, catching fire and falling to the ground, which probably overcooked the food. Alphabet is the parent company of Google.

The incident prompted energy firm Energex to shut down the network for a reason they never thought they’d have to, leaving about 2,000 customers without power for 45 minutes and another 300 customers without power for three hours.

“The meal was still hot inside the drone’s delivery box when the crew got there,” Energex spokesman Danny Donald told ABC Radio Brisbane.

The company claims this is a rare phenomenon, and at the moment, that appears to be the case. Drones seem no more a threat to powerlines than kites, shoes, birds, falling trees, paper airplanes, and whatever else is thrown at them.

“Fifteen years ago, we asked people to be careful if they were giving their children kites for Christmas and where they were flying them,” Donald told ABC. “Now we’re asking parents to be very careful with where their kids fly their drones.”

Wing began operating in 2019 and delivers food and medicine to customers using autonomous flying drones, having carried out around 250,000 deliveries. They recently expanded to the U.S.

Since it wasn’t delivered in 30 minutes or less, there’s been no word yet on whether the customer got their food for free.

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