A person has been arrested in the USA after shooting at a delivery drone. In the USA, shooting at a drone is taken into account a felony, just like shooting at an aircraft.
USA Today and Business Insider reported on the first (local time) that a 72-year-old man named Dennis Wynn, who lives in Florida, was charged with shooting at a Walmart delivery drone.
In line with the report, Wynn, who lives in Clercont, near Orlando, fired a 9mm pistol at a drone flying near his home on January twenty fourth of last 12 months. He said he thought the drone was spying on him.
He was taken into custody and is facing charges including shooting at an aircraft, criminal damage over $1,000, and firing a firearm at a public or residential constructing. Bullet holes were also found on the drone.
Over the past decade, there have been plenty of incidents in the USA where gun owners have fired at drones. Nonetheless, this can be a more serious crime than you would possibly think.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) doesn’t distinguish between small drones and huge passenger aircraft in terms of attempts to sabotage business aircraft. Shooting at a drone is due to this fact a felony, punishable by fines and as much as 20 years in prison.
The FAA has been adhering to this policy since 2016, but some people appear to be unaware of it.
Meanwhile, drone delivery is becoming increasingly common in the USA.
Walmart, which began drone delivery in 2021, is expanding its use beyond the initial test market and has already accomplished greater than 20,000 deliveries. The drones used for delivery are from Wing, a famous Google subsidiary.
Several corporations are testing the technology, including DoorDash, the most important delivery company within the U.S., which announced a drone delivery test at fast-food chain Wendy’s earlier this 12 months.
Above all, drone delivery is predicted to interchange humans since it has the advantage of costing only 2% of human delivery.
Reporter Im Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com
