House's drone could be delivering parcels to customers' doors within two years if a Senate-backed bill is passed; the bill, which now needs to be debated in the Amazon, will also make changes to regulations such as airport security and airplane pricing. Concerns over the implementation of drones delivering goods include: fears that skies are already littered with flying objects, thereby increasing danger levels substantially; the drones could fly into other manned and unmanned vehicles, causing a risk to civilians on the ground, and a technical glitch could cause the drone to veer off course and plunge into traffic; drones are susceptible to attacks whether by farmers or teenagers; finally, they will most likely be subject to cyber attacks. This latest news also follows the incident near Heathrow Airport earlier this week when a British Airways flight carrying 137 people was apparently hit by a drone.
Amazon's drone could be delivering parcels to customers' doors within two years if a Senate-backed bill is passed; the bill, which now needs to be debated in the House, will also make changes to regulations such as airport security and airplane pricing. Concerns over the implementation of drones delivering goods include: fears that skies are already littered with flying objects, thereby increasing danger levels substantially; the drones could fly into other manned and unmanned vehicles, causing a risk to civilians on the ground, and a technical glitch could cause the drone to veer off course and plunge into traffic; drones are susceptible to attacks whether by farmers or teenagers; finally, they will most likely be subject to cyber attacks. This latest news also follows the incident near Heathrow Airport earlier this week when a British Airways flight carrying 137 people was apparently hit by a drone.