Amazon supply drone drops ‘shocked’ buyer’s package deal immediately into swimming pool in viral video

A Texas girl watched in horror as an Amazon supply drone dropped her package deal immediately into her pool — someday after the retail big introduced plans to roll out the ultrafast air supply providers to 500 US cities by the top of the yr. 

Amazon shopper Lindsey Austen acquired an alert on Monday that her package deal was out for supply by the retail big’s Prime Air program, based on Storyful.

The Richmond, Texas, resident then heard the drone’s loud buzzing noise and raced outdoors to look at the newly rolled-out drone supply service drop off her package deal.

Instead, Austen was left shocked because the drone opened its hatch and dropped the package deal straight into her swimming pool, which was caught on wild video footage.

“When it went into the pool, I was shocked,” Austen mentioned. “I don’t think I’ll be wanting any more drone deliveries.”

It’s unclear what was contained in the now waterlogged parcel.

The video of the drone supply mega-fail went viral on social media Thursday — simply someday after Amazon introduced plans to develop its Prime Air program throughout 500 US cities by the top of the yr.

Amazon mentioned it’s set to develop the airborne delivery service sixfold nationwide into lots of of latest areas together with the Chicago, Atlanta, Syracuse and Cleveland suburbs, the place clients may obtain their packages in as quick as half-hour. 

Each drone website is ready to serve a number of cities inside a metro space and can primarily fly within the suburbs away from skyscrapers and main airports.

The ultrafast drone supply service has already delivered lots of of hundreds of packages this yr — however is proscribed to delivering one package deal at a time, as much as 5 kilos in weight. 

The service shall be free for Amazon Prime members ordering greater than $50 price of products or $2.99 for smaller orders and $4.99 for non-members.

While clients with yard swimming pools might wish to stick with highway supply in the intervening time, Amazon spokesperson Allie Payne mentioned supply incidents like Austen’s are uncommon with the drone service, KHOU11 reported. 

“Prime Air provides customers with fast, reliable delivery across a broad selection of products and the response from customers using Prime Air has been overwhelmingly positive,” Payne mentioned.

“Incidents are extremely rare, and when a delivery doesn’t go as planned, we learn from it to improve the experience and take steps to prevent it from happening in the future,” the spokesperson added.

“Amazon’s A-to-Z Guarantee ensures customers can shop with confidence, knowing that we’ll make it right by offering a refund or replacement in the rare instances when items do not arrive as expected.”

The Post reached out to Amazon for remark.

With Post wires