Two Amazon Air Prime delivery drones collided with a crane in a commercial area in Tolleson, Arizona on Wednesday. (KSAZ)
According to the FAA, an Amazon MK30 drone, registration number N139PA, struck the cable in Waco, Texas, around 12:45 a.m. on November 18.
Amazon said the drone had just completed a delivery when it “severed a thin internet cable overhead,” triggering a safe landing — a built-in safety feature designed to instantly bring down the plane in unexpected situations.
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Amazon’s MK30 Prime Air drone. (Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images)
The company said it self-reported the incident to the FAA and has not received any additional questions from regulators. Amazon also said the affected line was an internet cable and not a power line.
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The Amazon logo can be seen at a distribution center. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Video seems to show the drone becomes entangled in the cable before slowly descending and landing.
The Waco incident comes just a month after the FAA and NTSB opened a separate investigation in Tolleson, Arizona, where two Amazon Prime Air delivery drones struck a construction crane.
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A broken Amazon drone after a collision in Tolleson, Arizona, on October 1, 2025. (KSAZ)
In 2023, Amazon – in partnership with Amazon Pharmacy – began delivering prescription medications via drones to customers in College Station, Texas.
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The company plans to deliver 500 million packages worldwide by drone by the end of the decade.
