Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds

亚马逊无人机送货频频“落水”，包裹掉进泳池和池塘

A Prime Air drone delivered a package directly into a Texas customer’s pool. 一架 Prime Air 无人机将包裹直接投递到了德克萨斯州一位客户的游泳池里。

Amazon’s speedy drone delivery service will soon reach 500 cities across the US — but that might just mean there are more pools to drop packages into. On Wednesday, ABC7 News Bay Area shared a video showing an Amazon delivery drone hovering over a customer’s pool in Texas, before opening its hatch and plopping the package directly into the water. 亚马逊的快速无人机送货服务即将覆盖全美 500 个城市，但这可能也意味着会有更多的游泳池面临包裹“空降”的风险。周三，ABC7 News Bay Area 分享了一段视频，显示一架亚马逊送货无人机在德克萨斯州一位客户的游泳池上方盘旋，随后打开舱门，将包裹直接扔进了水里。

This isn’t the first time Amazon’s drones have delivered soggy packages. A video shared last July shows a Prime Air drone dropping a package right next to a customer’s pool in Arizona, but air sent downward by the drone’s propellers blew it straight into the water. In an interview with local news outlet AZFamily 3TV at the time, the customer said he let Amazon choose the delivery location for him. Another incident from May shows an Amazon drone dropping a package near a pond, which bounces off the ground and tumbles into the water. 这已经不是亚马逊无人机第一次送出“湿透”的包裹了。去年 7 月分享的一段视频显示，一架 Prime Air 无人机在亚利桑那州一位客户的泳池旁投递包裹，但无人机螺旋桨产生的下洗气流将包裹直接吹进了水里。当时在接受当地新闻媒体 AZFamily 3TV 采访时，该客户表示他让亚马逊自行选择了投递地点。今年 5 月发生的另一起事件中，一架亚马逊无人机在池塘附近投递包裹，包裹落地后反弹并滚入了水中。

Last year, Amazon halted drone deliveries in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area when two of its MK30 drones crashed into a crane. Its drones have also been spotted cutting an internet cable and colliding with an apartment building. 去年，由于两架 MK30 无人机撞上了一台起重机，亚马逊暂停了在凤凰城都会区西谷的无人机送货服务。此外，其无人机还曾被发现割断过互联网电缆，并与一栋公寓楼发生过碰撞。

Amazon says that once its drones reach the delivery point, “it will check to confirm there are no people, pets, or vehicles in the way before safely delivering the package.” Maybe it needs to check for water, too. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment. 亚马逊表示，当无人机到达投递点时，“它会先确认周围没有人员、宠物或车辆，然后再安全地投递包裹。”也许，它还需要检查一下是否有水域。亚马逊未立即回应 The Verge 的置评请求。