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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

CompanyWing
IndustryDrones / eVTOL
Type(s)fire
Date30 Sep 2022 (day precision)
Time of day~14:00 AEST
LocationBrowns Plains, QLD, Australia
Severity (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 drone; ~2,000 homes affected
Confidencemedium
Verified flagCited 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

DroneDJ

Publisher: DroneDJ · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

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DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
30 Sep 2022 Wing delivery drone lands on power lines, catches fire, cuts power to 2,000 homes DroneDJ DroneDJ

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