In what could cause serious security concerns for the Mumbai Police and other security agencies across the country, a city-based pizza outlet used an unmanned drone to deliver a pizza.
On May 11, Lower Parel-based Francesco's Pizzeria conducted a test flight of the unmanned drone and successfully delivered a pizza to a customer located 1.5km away. The police, who were unaware of this, have expressed serious concerns and will seek details from the outlet.
"All of us had read about (global e-commerce giant) Amazon's plans of using drones. We successfully carried out a test delivery," the outlet's chief executive Mikhel Rajani said. He stressed this was only a test flight but its results confirm that it can be used routinely in a few years.
A four-rotor drone took off with the order from its outlet and delivered it to the terrace of a high-rise residential building in Worli, Rajani said, claiming that it's for the first time that the ubiquitous drone has been used for such a purpose in the country.
Additional commissioner of police (central zone) Madhukar Pandey said Air Traffic Control (ATC) should have been intimated by the pizza outlet. "We are highly concerned about remote-operated aerial vehicles, specially unregulated or unmonitored ones. We will ascertain the facts with the pizza company as well as ATC and take further action," Pandey said.
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On May 11, Lower Parel-based Francesco's Pizzeria conducted a test flight of the unmanned drone and successfully delivered a pizza to a customer located 1.5km away. The police, who were unaware of this, have expressed serious concerns and will seek details from the outlet.
"All of us had read about (global e-commerce giant) Amazon's plans of using drones. We successfully carried out a test delivery," the outlet's chief executive Mikhel Rajani said. He stressed this was only a test flight but its results confirm that it can be used routinely in a few years.
A four-rotor drone took off with the order from its outlet and delivered it to the terrace of a high-rise residential building in Worli, Rajani said, claiming that it's for the first time that the ubiquitous drone has been used for such a purpose in the country.
Additional commissioner of police (central zone) Madhukar Pandey said Air Traffic Control (ATC) should have been intimated by the pizza outlet. "We are highly concerned about remote-operated aerial vehicles, specially unregulated or unmonitored ones. We will ascertain the facts with the pizza company as well as ATC and take further action," Pandey said.
22/05/14 Daily News & Analysis
