Several of the drones that crashed at a Christmas show over Orlando’s Lake Eola last month may not have gotten the computer data needed to properly fly in formation. That’s the preliminary conclusion from the National Transportation Safety Board. The report released Thursday afternoon shows several of Sky Elements' 500 drones were not receiving data up until five minutes before showtime.When they did launch, they did not launch uniformly, causin…

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The report states that 500 drones participated in the show, and five of them did not accept the coordinate data for launch.

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New report reveals technical failures behind Lake Eola drone show accident

A federal probe blames a drone company's faulty programming for a chain of mishaps in an Orlando holiday show causing a drone to severely injure a child.

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Federal probe blames Orlando drone mishap on company’s faulty programming

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on Thursday into what went wrong at a Florida drone show last month that caused some of the aircraft to go rogue, leaving a little boy seriously injured. The mishap took place during a Christmas light show put on by Sky Elements at Lake Eola Park in Orlando on Dec. 21, 2024. Hundreds of people were watching the aerial show when several of the drones flew out of formation – …

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The federal agency cited some technical issues with the Sky Elements show on Dec. 21.

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NTSB's preliminary report on Orlando drone show mishap notes what went wrong

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report into what happened during a Christmas drone show at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando that caused some of the show's 500 drones to collide with another, fall from the sky, and send others flying in rogue directions. At least one drone struck a 7-year-old boy, who suffered serious injury and had to undergo heart surgery, according to his family.

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Missing flight path file led to drone mishap at Lake Eola

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary findings on the December 21, 2024, drone show accident at Lake Eola in Orlando, revealing that multiple technical failures and positioning errors contributed to the incident that injured a seven-year-old boy and led to nationwide drone show cancellations According to the NTSB report released on January 16, 2025, several of Sky Elements’ 500 drones failed to receive crit…

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​ The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on Thursday into what went wrong at a Florida drone show last month that caused some of the aircraft to go rogue, leaving a little boy seriously injured. The mishap took place during a Christmas light show put on by Sky Elements at Lake Eola Park in Orlando on Dec. 21, 2024. Hundreds of people were watching the aerial show when several of the drones flew out of formation …

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal probe has found that drones meant to
dazzle holiday season viewers on the shores of Orlando’s Lake Eola
didn’t have the most updated flight path programming installed,
triggering a chain of mishaps in which some of ...

NTSB finds data errors affected drones in Orlando Christmas show, report says

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