Russian postal drone programme hits wall in debut


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 03 Apr 2018

A view shows a damaged mail delivery drone, which crashed into a building, shortly after a test launch, part of the Russian Post’s project to deliver mail to remote regions by drone, in Ulan-Ude, the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Anna Ogorodnik

MOSCOW: A Russian-made drone on its way to making a first parcel delivery crashed into a wall and crumbled to pieces in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude on April 2, shocking local residents and regional officials at the scene. 

The unmanned aerial vehicle was sent to deliver a small package to a neighbouring village in a ceremony meant to showcase a new way to deliver mail in the sparsely populated Buryatia region located more than 4,400 km east of Moscow. 

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