Oops! One Customer's Drone-Delivered Food Order Crashes, Causing Mass Blackout
Oops! One Customer's Drone-Delivered Food Order Crashes, Causing Mass Blackout
Talk about a hot meal.
A drone, while in the midst of delivering food to a customer, attempted a "precautionary controlled landing" in Brisbane, Australia, only to crash into overhead powerlines and erupt in flames. The incident left thousands of homes in the neighborhood without electricity.
What Happened: A drone from Wing, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), landed on top of 11,000 volts.
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在澳大利亚布里斯班，一架无人机在给顾客送食物时，试图“预防性控制着陆”，结果撞上了头顶上的电线并起火。这起事件导致附近数千户家庭断电。
怎么了：一架无人机来自翼，谷歌母公司的子公司Alphabet公司纳斯达克(GOOGL：GOOGL)，降落在11000伏的顶部。
The crash caused a 45-minute power outage to some 2,000 individuals.
这起坠机事件导致约2000人断电45分钟。
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"We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. We're currently conducting a review of yesterday's event," a Wing spokesperson said.
“我们对由此造成的不便深表歉意。我们目前正在对昨天的活动进行审查，”一位翼的发言人说。
Energy company Energex reacted to the event and shut down the network in order to bring it back online.
能源公司能源公司对事件做出反应并关闭了网络，以使其重新上线。
Why It Matters: Wing's drones can fly autonomously to carry food and beverages over short distances, usually taking less than 10 minutes, as both fixed-wing aircraft and hovering copters.
为什么这很重要：WING的无人机可以自主飞行，短距离运送食物和饮料，通常只需不到10分钟，因为固定翼飞机和悬停直升机都是如此。
In Brisbane, where the accident occurred, Wing offers delivery to over 100,000 customers. As of this March, it had completed almost 200,000 such deliveries.
在事故发生的布里斯班，翼为超过10万名客户提供送货服务。截至今年3月，它已经完成了近20万次这样的交付。
Wing also rolled out its commercial drone delivery program in Finland, as well as the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area of Texas, servicing tens of thousands of homes in Frisco and Little Elm.
WING还在芬兰以及德克萨斯州的达拉斯-沃斯堡大都市区推出了商业无人机交付计划，为旧金山和小榆树的数万户家庭提供服务。
According to the company, drone deliveries work best in suburban areas since they have a large number of consumers, good flying conditions, and are less well-served by delivery services than in urban areas.
该公司表示，无人机送货在郊区效果最好，因为它们拥有大量消费者，飞行条件良好，而且送货服务不如城市地区好。
The company beat competitors like Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), and even Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE:DPZ) to market, as these companies also have plans to launch commercial drone delivery services.
这家公司打败了像这样的竞争对手亚马逊。(纳斯达克：amzn)，沃尔玛。(纽约证券交易所代码：WMT)，甚至多米诺披萨公司。(纽约证券交易所股票代码：DPZ)推向市场，因为这些公司还计划推出商用无人机送货服务。