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Amazon drone deliveries granted huge extension
The higher safety clearance lets Amazon fly over more built-up areas and expand under-an-hour deliveries across the town.
- Starting Tuesday, Amazon Prime Air expanded drone deliveries to around 8,000 households in Darlington, enabling customers to receive items weighing less than 5lb in under an hour.
- The Civil Aviation Authority granted Amazon a Specific Assurance and Integrity Level 4 authorization, permitting drones to fly further and across urban areas previously restricted.
- Equipped with machine-learning sensors, the MK30 drone operates within a 12km radius of the Darlington warehouse, autonomously identifying and avoiding hazards like clotheslines during descent.
- Theunis Scheepers, Amazon's director for Prime Air in Europe, said earning approval "took years of disciplined engineering and a commitment to safety from day one." CAA director Sophie O'Sullivan added the decision "reflects the wider progress being made."
- This expansion lays the foundation for UK-wide service, though Amazon abandoned Westborough, Massachusetts operations earlier this month after residents raised noise and privacy concerns, signaling challenges ahead.
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