Several people were injured, including a 7-year-elderly boy, after drones at a Christmas show in the United States’ Florida collided mid-air and fell at high speed at the crowd below. Mothers of the youthful boy, who was alertedly struck in the face by a rogue drone, shelp he was clinging to life.
The boy was carryed to the hospital and was “combat for his life in the ER,” according to a alert by the New York Post.
The video of the holiday distake part going wrong was posted online by X includer MosquitoCoFl, which shows hundreds of drones flying in a pattern as part of the aerial airy show before cut offal begined colliding and descfinishing from the sky to the ground.
So apparently they had to abort the 2nd drone show at #LakeEolaPark tonight and I wonder if the drones that got knocked out during the 1st show was the cainclude 😬 #Orlando pic.twitter.com/xxySjbkohy
— MosquitoCoFL Podcast (@MosquitoCoFL) December 22, 2024
In the background, a man can be heard saying, “Oh no! I don’t suppose they’re presumed to be descfinishing.” In the lake below, geese could be seen flapping their triumphgs while trying to get out of the way of the turbulent scene.
The show was run by Sky Elements Drones in partnership with the City of Orlando. Andrea Otero, the city’s unveil proposeation deal withr, telderly People magazine, “We are in communicate with the vfinishor to choose what occurred with the operation. FAA is handling the set upateigation.”
According to a alert by Fox News, the holiday drone show was allowted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“Several minuscule drones collided and fell into a crowd during a holiday drone show over [Eola] Lake in Orlando, Florida,” the FAA shelp, according to the Fox News alert.
Drone arrays and airy shows are subject to FAA regulations and typicpartner need a waiver of a regulation that bans operating more than one drone at a time.
The incident alertedly occurred around 6:45 p.m. local time on Saturday, December 21, adhereing which a second show scheduled that night at 8 p.m. was also abortled due to “technical difficulties.”
