Amazon MK30 delivery drone snags overhead internet cable in Waco

What happened

At about 12:45 p.m. on November 18, 2025, an Amazon MK30 delivery drone finished dropping a package in a customer’s backyard in Waco, Texas. As it rose to leave, it clipped a thin internet cable strung overhead. Video obtained by CNBC reportedly shows the aircraft caught on the line before coming down slowly and landing.

Amazon said the contact triggered the drone’s automated contingency landing. No one was hurt. The cable was damaged and later repaired at Amazon’s expense. Amazon had begun commercial drone deliveries in Waco earlier the same month.

The system involved

The aircraft was an MK30, Amazon’s autonomous delivery drone, registered N139PA. The MK30 carries small packages to customers’ yards and has an automated routine that lands the aircraft when it detects a problem it cannot fly through.

Investigation and response

Amazon reported the event to the FAA itself. The FAA confirmed it was investigating. The NTSB said it would not investigate because the event was classed as a non-action event below its threshold.

Amazon said there were no injuries and no widespread loss of internet service, that it had covered the repair and apologized to the customer, and that the line was an internet cable and not a power line. The event was first reported by CNBC on November 25, 2025.

What is not established

The outcome of the FAA’s investigation was not found in the sources reviewed. Why the drone’s sensors did not detect the cable has not been explained publicly.