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Home » Amazon customers furious as delivery drones drop boxes from 10 feet in the air — damaging orders: ‘F–k outta here’
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Amazon customers furious as delivery drones drop boxes from 10 feet in the air — damaging orders: ‘F–k outta here’

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Amazon customers furious as delivery drones drop boxes from 10 feet in the air — damaging orders: ‘F–k outta here’

The bot slam dunks your junk. 

Parcels are arriving in pieces with Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered delivery drones. The automated mailmen are dropping off packages from 10 feet in the air, rendering the contents of each box susceptible to crashing and smashing. 

And it’s enough to make even the most AI-obsessed human crash out in fury. 

To determine the drone’s ability to handle fragile items with care, Hancock ordered a liquid container of syrup to be delivered by the bot. YouTube / @Teaching_MrsH

“I tried ordering a breakable item by drone — it didn’t go well,” Tamara Hancock, an Amazon subscriber from Arizona, captioned YouTube footage of the ill-fated experiment, testing the robo-courier’s management of fragile goods. 

Amazon dispatched its AI-charged fleet Prime Air MK30 drones in late 2024, offering “ultra-fast” shipping to US shoppers in select states, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Kansas and Texas. 

Outfitted with industry-leading “sense and avoid” technology, the aerodynamic machines are equipped to drop off eligible items, weighing a maximum of five pounds, at designated areas in 60 minutes or less. 

Features such as the obstacle-detection cameras aid the drones in detecting and dodging people, pets and property while lowering orders into the front lawns or backyards or suburban homes.  


Amazon workers fine-tuning the drones.
The drones feature specialized technologies meant to help the delivery drones avoid obstacles, such as people and pets. Amazon

The high-tech, however, apparently does not ensure gentle landings. 

Collisions, including a recent crash-and-burn into a Texas building, as well as several mid-flight malfunctions in rainy weather, have abounded since the drones’ inaugural launch. 

And paying customers are paying the price. 


Amazon delivery drone in air.
A number of collisions have been reported since Amazon released its fleet of drones in late 2024. Amazon

Hancock, a former high school English teacher and current college professor, placed an order for a container of blue-raspberry Torani syrup — unsure if the liquid sweetener would come in either a plastic or glass bottle. 

Tragically, upon its speedy, midair arrival, the married mom witnessed her purchase being hurled to the ground by the bot, causing it to explode on impact. 

“It’s everywhere,” said a hysterical Hancock while opening the damaged package for a combined 1.1 million viewers across her social media accounts. 


Tamara Hancock's Amazon drone delivery.
Hancock was left with a broken bottle of flavored syrup after an Amazon delivery drone sent in smashing down into her backyard. YouTube / @Teaching_MrsH

“Should you order it by drone?,” continued the brunette as she cleaned blue-stained, sticky pieces of the plastic carton out of the box. “I guess, it depends on how badly you need it.”

“This is salvageable. I can just pour [the syrup] into another bottle,” she conceded before taking a pregnant pause, suggesting  that utilizing the AI airmail might not be worth the hassle. 

Tasha, a separate Amazon user, spotted the drone plunging a package near the paved driveway of a neighbor’s yard. Unfortunately, its propellers caused other, previously delivered parcels to blow away, sending one into the street.

@tashaloveswill

Amazon drone pulled up, dropped the boxes at the edge of the driveway, hovered like it was thinking about fixing it… then was like ‘nah, my shift over’ and flew away 💀📦💨 AAmazonDroneCloseEnoughEnergy

♬ ominous – insensible

A now-viral video of the chaos caused chaos on TikTok. 

“Crazy,” exclaimed a shocked commenter in reaction to the robot’s roughness. 

“They’re only supposed to [place deliveries] on the grass not the concrete,” another noted. 

“So they just throw the packages on the ground anywhere,” an outraged onlooker wrote, underscoring their indignation with “FOH” — an acronym for the explicit expression “F- -k outta here.”

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