Falling faster than the company stock…
Via PC Mag:
The first flight of Facebook’s Internet drone didn’t have a very smooth landing.
Bloomberg on Monday reported that the drone, dubbed Aquila, crashed in the Arizona desert as it was coming in for a landing during its first test flight on June 28. The US National Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating the accident, which was the result of a “structural failure.”
No one was injured, but the drone reportedly suffered substantial damage.
In a statement to PCMag, the social media giant put a positive spin on the run, saying “we were happy with the successful first test flight and were able to verify several performance models and components including aerodynamics, batteries, control systems and crew training, with no major unexpected results. We have already learned a lot from the results of this flight test and will continue to learn from all the future flight tests we plan to run.”