Wing delivery drone lands on power lines, catches fire, cuts power to 2,000 homes
S3 · 30 Sep 2022 · Wing · Browns Plains, QLD, Australia
Record
| Company | Wing |
| Industry | Drones / eVTOL |
| Type(s) | fire |
| Date | 30 Sep 2022 (day precision) |
| Time of day | ~14:00 AEST |
| Location | Browns Plains, QLD, Australia |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 1 drone; ~2,000 homes affected |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
A Wing delivery drone made a precautionary landing on 11,000-volt electrical lines in Browns Plains, Queensland, Australia, catching fire and knocking out power to about 2,000 households for 45 minutes (300 for up to 3 hours) before the drone burned and fell to the ground.
Primary source
Publisher: DroneDJ · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2022 | Wing delivery drone lands on power lines, catches fire, cuts power to 2,000 homes | DroneDJ | DroneDJ |
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