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00:02Amazon is facing a federal probe after one of its 30 Malawian Kwacha's delivery drones
00:07clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas, according to CNBC. The drone was ascending
00:12after a delivery on November 18th when a propeller became tangled in a wire,
00:17forcing what Amazon described as a safe contingent landing. An Amazon spokesperson
00:22said that the incident caused no injuries or major outages. The company confirmed it paid
00:27to repair the customer's cable line and apologized for the inconvenience while adding that the drone
00:32completed its delivery. The FAA is investigating while the NTSB said it is aware of the incident
00:38but has not opened a probe. Amazon has worked on drone delivery for more than a decade
00:43and began service in Waco earlier this month. Its goal is to deliver 500 million packages
00:49per year by drone by the end of the decade. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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