Orlando Drone Show Goes Horribly Wrong as Out of Control UAVs Hit the Crowd at Full Speed – Seriously Injured 7-Year-Old Boy Is Recovering After Heart

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Orlando Drone Show Goes Horribly Wrong as Out of Control UAVs Hit the Crowd at Full Speed – Seriously Injured 7-Year-Old Boy Is Recovering After Heart Surgery​

A family-friendly event that the city of Orlando promoted as a ‘dazzling display of synchronized drones flying in formation’ went horribly wrong, and instead of ‘creating beautiful holiday-themed designs in the night sky’, many of the UAVs fell on the ground and on the water, with some blasting like missiles in the middle of the crowd.

One of the drones hit a child square in the chest, leading the boy to be hospitalized and undergoing open-heart surgery.

ABC News reported:


“The boy and his family were watching the holiday drone show when something went haywire and several small drones ‘collided and fell into a crowd’, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.”

25,000 people witnessed the incident as the bladed devices began falling from the sky.

“The boy was taken to a hospital, according to a spokesperson for the Orlando Fire Department.”

The drone falls like amissile and strikes a young boy straight in the chest.

WFTV Orlando reported:

“7-year-old boy Alezander Edgerton is recovering from heart surgery after his mother said a drone hit him during a holiday show at Lake Eola.

Adriana Edgerton told Channel 9 that her son Alezander had to undergo open heart surgery after he was hit by a falling drone Saturday evening.”

The boy is now in stable condition, after the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ and damaged one of his heart valves.

“She told Channel 9 the injuries ‘Worse than expected. It was said the impact was like a bomb went off’.

As Alezander continues to recover, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it is joining the Federal Aviation Administration in investigating the drone malfunction.”

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[DARKSeifer]

The main problem with this kind of shows is that they rely on GPS, which can be easily spoofed. They are usually announced weeks before the performance, so any hacker-idiot in the area can prepare in advance to ruin it, and easily go away with it.

 

[Captblygh]

I pray that all injured are getting that Christmas is a time to forgive and remember what our lord and savior would have done in this time of pain. We need to pray together for the injured and ask GOD to heal quickly and celebrate the life Jesus lived and not have thoughts about the devils way. Merry Christmas

 

[djwak59]

It’s too bad this happened at all and, I hope everyone recovers. But on top of that, it’s too bad this happened in Florida.
With the tilt of their politics, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ll ever be able to fly a drone there again.
Just my 2 cents on it.

 

[jephoto]

“The boy is now in stable condition, after the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ and damaged one of his heart valves.”

I’m sorry. What??? I understand an impact injury from a falling drone, but “ the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ “ , how exactly is this accomplished?

 

[Brojon]

I'm not entirely (like 10%) convinced a drone can cause "electrocution of the heart" and result in a valve repair.
Sounds more like the kid had an undiagnosed issue perhaps exacerbated by the drone strike.

 

[Bad Santa]

“The boy is now in stable condition, after the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ and damaged one of his heart valves.”

I’m sorry. What??? I understand an impact injury from a falling drone, but “ the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ “ , how exactly is this accomplished?

It sounds like whoever said that doesn't understand that drones don't run on house current.
It surprises me how there are still people out there who see a car battery hooked up to jumper cables, doing a torture scene in a movie, actually believe a car battery could hurt someone like that.
I'm sure hose drones aren't running on super high current and a falling drone can't deliver more than a microsecond of current, even if electronics were exposed enough to cause electricity to come in contact to begin with.

EDIT: I looked up the specs for the drones used for the light shows. They are a modified Phoenix drone that seems to show a stock 7.6v battery. I assume that the modifications are a battery with more mAh but not more voltage. Essentially, it will fly longer. Another addition, obviously, would be the light that is a RGB LED design which would run on a maximum of +/-6v.

Now, having said all that, I do know that pulsing, or alternating current, of even 2v, can shock someone but that amount of electricity isn't going to make it to the heart.

I know too much about electricity and biology to buy this.

I'm officially calling BS.

 

[jephoto]

More fodder for the Drone Hysteria that's happening now.

 

[Droning on and on...]

It’s too bad this happened at all and, I hope everyone recovers. But on top of that, it’s too bad this happened in Florida.
With the tilt of their politics, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ll ever be able to fly a drone there again.
Just my 2 cents on it.

You obviously don't actually believe that. As a serious assertion, it's loony.

 

[Droning on and on...]

“The boy is now in stable condition, after the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ and damaged one of his heart valves.”

I’m sorry. What??? I understand an impact injury from a falling drone, but “ the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ “ , how exactly is this accomplished?

Likely ignorance and typical press stupidity.

What's got me very concerned is the fact a drone like this could damage the heart of a 7 year old through the very tough, hard, ribcage. Assuming the kid was otherwise normal, I want t9 know more about this drone and the impact... size, weight, shape, speed at impact, etc.

The heart damage is very worrisome. It wasn't a neo, but just for sake of argument if it was we need to seriously revisit the OOP rules because they may be nothing but smoke.

 

[ericole]

It’s too bad this happened at all and, I hope everyone recovers. But on top of that, it’s too bad this happened in Florida.
With the tilt of their politics, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ll ever be able to fly a drone there again.
Just my 2 cents on it.

this is "political" - I said something similar about the fed admin and got called out privately. But to actually respond - with their "tilt" this comment really doesn't make sense.

 

[ericole]

This reminds me of the episode on Skinwalker Ranch where they did a drone flight and some of their drones fell out of formation and started going wonky. Said it had never happened before, and didn't know the cause. Knowing the cause of this would be very helpful - of course we won't hear that in any sensational news reporting.

 

[Droning on and on...]

this is "political" - I said something similar about the fed admin and got called out privately. But to actually respond - with their "tilt" this comment really doesn't make sense.

Leaving the politics completely out of it, drones are not banned in any governing jurisdiction in the US, regardless of the political leanings of that jurisdiction. It's a highly paranoid assertion if serious.

 

[Bad Santa]

Likely ignorance and typical press stupidity.

What's got me very concerned is the fact a drone like this could damage the heart of a 7 year old through the very tough, hard, ribcage. Assuming the kid was otherwise normal, I want t9 know more about this drone and the impact... size, weight, shape, speed at impact, etc.

The heart damage is very worrisome. It wasn't a neo, but just for sake of argument if it was we need to seriously revisit the OOP rules because they may be nothing but smoke.

I've researched this a little. The company uses modified Phoenix drones (according to their own website).
The mother said his heart (valve) was damaged because he was electrocuted by the drone. Not because of impact.
Very few electricity sources would be powerful enough to damage a heart valve and nothing in a drone is that.

 

[mavic3usa]

this is "political" - I said something similar about the fed admin and got called out privately. But to actually respond - with their "tilt" this comment really doesn't make sense.

Drones are banned completely in Wash DC so that covers all stripes. But the FL comment (to me) actually means "it doesn't matter what the topic is (left or right), if it happens bad in FL, it gets banned." i.e. Cali + TX = FL or something like that. They can't seem to make up their mind.

 

[Droning on and on...]

Yeah, this electrocution explanation sounds fishy.

 

[Photo Booth]

Likely ignorance and typical press stupidity.

What's got me very concerned is the fact a drone like this could damage the heart of a 7 year old through the very tough, hard, ribcage. Assuming the kid was otherwise normal, I want t9 know more about this drone and the impact... size, weight, shape, speed at impact, etc.

The heart damage is very worrisome. It wasn't a neo, but just for sake of argument if it was we need to seriously revisit the OOP rules because they may be nothing but smoke.

The drone in question weighs 3.2 lbs with battery.

The crowd was not directly under the light show. Several of the drones fell straight down, hitting the ground or went into the water. But at least one of the wayward drones FLEW across the water and into the crowd at a rather significant rate of speed. That one drone (there may have been others) can be seen in at least one of the videos that have been shared.

I do not know if the drone that hit the boy is the same drone in the video I mention. But that drone was clearly under power straight into the crowd. At a descending angle toward the crowd facing the light show. It is EASY to see how that could have been the drone that hit the boy and it is easy to understand how the impact could have been significant.

If you were picturing a drone that fell from the sky with only a glancing blow off of the boy's chest, you've got the wrong picture. It appears possible (likely?) that this particular drone hit the boy straight into his chest.

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At 15 seconds you can see the drone flying fast toward the camera, into the crowd.

Mark

 

[Bad Santa]

The drone in question weighs 3.2 lbs with battery.

The crowd was not directly under the light show. Several of the drones fell straight down, hitting the ground or went into the water. But at least one of the wayward drones FLEW across the water and into the crowd at a rather significant rate of speed. That one drone (there may have been others) can be seen in at least one of the videos that have been shared.

I do not know if the drone that hit the boy is the same drone in the video I mention. But that drone was clearly under power straight into the crowd. At a descending angle toward the crowd facing the light show. It is EASY to see how that could have been the drone that hit the boy and it is easy to understand how the impact could have been significant.

If you were picturing a drone that fell from the sky with only a glancing blow off of the boy's chest, you've got the wrong picture. It appears possible (likely?) that this particular drone hit the boy straight into his chest.

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At 15 seconds you can see the drone flying fast toward the camera, into the crowd.

Mark

Nobody is questioning if the drone could have impacted the boy.
I'm not even questioning that the boy WAS hit.
I'm questioning the fact that the boy has a cut LIP and heart damage because he was "electrocuted" (his mother's statement).

 

[John Mac]

So how does this drone show wizardry work? I can see how you could program the equivalent of waypoints for each drone's flight, and the waypoint flight of Drone A could be transposed by so many feet from the waypoint flight of Drone B. But I assume the drones have to report back their positions from time to time to keep everything in sync. How does radio frequency management work with hundreds of drones in close proximity like that?

 

[TX Steve]

“The boy is now in stable condition, after the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ and damaged one of his heart valves.”

I’m sorry. What??? I understand an impact injury from a falling drone, but “ the drone ‘electrocuted his heart’ “ , how exactly is this accomplished?

The news here in Dallas said that the boy did have heart surgery but nobody knows it is was caused by the drone or they found something else while he was in the hospital.