Shortly after 10.20 PM a postal drone crashed in the lower basin of the lake. The city police of Zurich in a message reported. Now that the aircraft is about 200 meters away from the shore in the area of the bath Mythenquai fell into the water and, presumably, sunk. “The crash, we were able to precisely determine. If the drone has delivered a warning before it hit, we can’t say. There have been no reports of witnesses,” said Marco Cortesi, spokesman for the city police of Zurich.
According to hitherto unconfirmed statements, the drone in case of a crash with a parachute. In spite of information of the exact coordinates of the aircraft from the specialist of the water protection police, could not be found on the surface of the lake of Zurich. Due to this, now the police are used in divers of the city police of Zurich.
Post stops hospital drone flights
Further investigations the Zurich city police have revealed that the drone had been with a “non-relevant sample of your blood” from the hospital Hirslanden in the Park to the Central laboratory at the Forchstrasse. Are meant already analyzed the blood samples, which is now in the context of the currently running test phase is controlled, whether they change according to the Transport by air.
What are the effects of the drone crash on the test range, will be clarified according to the city police currently in talks with all the parties involved. Until the cause of the crash is determined, be conducted in accordance with the media release of the Post, no other drone flights at Zurich University hospital and for the hospital in Lugano.
In the case of the downed drone is a model of the type Matternet M2 V9 of the American company Matternet. The Post have immediately informed the city police of Zurich and the Federal office for civil aviation on the incident. So far, the Post had completed drones in Lugano, Bern, and Zurich, and over 3000 flights successfully, reported the company. (han)
Created: 25.01.2019, 13:35 PM
