Witness recounts 'catastrophic failure' of Vivid Sydney drone show
www.abc.net.au
The incident occurred not long into Monday's 7:30pm "star-bound" show when almost 90 drones began falling out of formation and into the harbour around Cockle Bay.

In short:

Vivid Sydney festival’s drone show has been cancelled for now after a technical malfunction on Monday night.

The drone show’s operator says a change in radio frequency caused 89 drones to fall into the harbour around Cockle Bay.

What’s next?

A Vivid Sydney spokesperson says Tuesday and Wednesday’s drone shows will not go ahead, with no decision yet made for Sunday’s show.

  • Dimand@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    It’s possibly cheaper to just buy new drones instead of making software that only has a chance of them returning home without rtk GPS.

    The general rule with drones is it’s safer for them to fall out of the sky when something goes wrong.