Amazon has launched drone deliveries in Darlington, County Durham, following test flights earlier this year, with two-hour deliveries of lightweight items available to premises located 7.5 miles or less from the company’s local warehouse.
A range of products weighing under 5lb, including beauty products, batteries, cables, measuring tapes and chocolates can be flown to local properties that have a front yard or back garden.
The parcels, about the size of shoeboxes, are then dropped 12ft to the ground from a hovering MK30 drone.
An Amazon MK30 drone drops a parcel onto a lawn in Darlington, County Durham. Image credit: BBC
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