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| Drones grounded after crash near playing children | Drones grounded after crash near playing children |
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| Drones carrying lab samples between hospitals in Switzerland have been grounded after a crash 50 yards from where pre-school children were playing. | Drones carrying lab samples between hospitals in Switzerland have been grounded after a crash 50 yards from where pre-school children were playing. |
| The drone crashed in woodland after a rope holding its emergency parachute broke, in May, IEEE Spectrum reported. | The drone crashed in woodland after a rope holding its emergency parachute broke, in May, IEEE Spectrum reported. |
| Swiss Post said it would examine all safety procedures before flights resumed and asked drone-maker Matternet to urgently fix a series of issues. | Swiss Post said it would examine all safety procedures before flights resumed and asked drone-maker Matternet to urgently fix a series of issues. |
| In January, another of the drones made an emergency landing in Lake Zurich. | In January, another of the drones made an emergency landing in Lake Zurich. |
| In that case, the emergency parachute deployed correctly. | In that case, the emergency parachute deployed correctly. |
| Swiss Post told BBC News: "Safety is our top priority. That's why Swiss Post is now establishing an expert council. It will examine all processes relating to the risk and safety management of drone flights. | Swiss Post told BBC News: "Safety is our top priority. That's why Swiss Post is now establishing an expert council. It will examine all processes relating to the risk and safety management of drone flights. |
| "In due course, we will provide more information on this process, the measures implemented and the resumption of flights. | "In due course, we will provide more information on this process, the measures implemented and the resumption of flights. |
| "We rely on Matternet, as our technology partner, and expect the security mechanisms to function." | "We rely on Matternet, as our technology partner, and expect the security mechanisms to function." |
| Swiss Post has asked the Silicon Valley start-up to: | Swiss Post has asked the Silicon Valley start-up to: |
| Matternet said: "This is the first time we had a failure on the vehicle's parachute system. We had never seen a failure like that in the past, neither in our expansive testing nor in commercial operations. | |
| "At Matternet we take the safety of our technology and operations extremely seriously. A failure of the parachute system is a clear failure of our safely mechanisms and we are taking all the appropriate measures to address it. | "At Matternet we take the safety of our technology and operations extremely seriously. A failure of the parachute system is a clear failure of our safely mechanisms and we are taking all the appropriate measures to address it. |
| "We will restart operations once Matternet and Swiss Post, FOCA [the Federal Office of Civil Aviation] and our hospital customers in Switzerland are satisfied that the appropriate mitigations have been applied." | "We will restart operations once Matternet and Swiss Post, FOCA [the Federal Office of Civil Aviation] and our hospital customers in Switzerland are satisfied that the appropriate mitigations have been applied." |
| Swiss Post began trials of laboratory samples being carried by drone back in 2017 and so far has carried out about 3,000 successful flights. | Swiss Post began trials of laboratory samples being carried by drone back in 2017 and so far has carried out about 3,000 successful flights. |