The company temporarily paused flights of its Prime Air delivery drones on Wednesday morning following two back-to-back crashes involving a crane. But airborne deliveries in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have resumed and Amazon is “confident that there wasn’t an issue with the drones or the technology that supports them.” [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25716404/aa_112024_az_drone_delivery_standard_hero_v1_600kb_2000x1125.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

The drones sustained "substantial" damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.

Investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are underway.