--- title: "Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer’s Swimming Pool" description: "You have to admire the precision of Amazon's drone which dropped a package straight into the middle of a woman's pool." date: "2026-08-23" modified: "2026-08-23" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/amazon-drone-package-pool" categories: - "Drones" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" --- # Amazon Delivery Drone Drops Package Directly Into Customer’s Swimming Pool ![A color-treated photo of an Amazon done delivering a package.]() *Amazon / Futurism* A Texas woman ran outside to witness the future of delivery services. There, hovering above her property, was a large Amazon Prime Air drone that had just descended from the heavens to dispense her package. But in a video she recorded of this encounter recently [shared by *ABC7 News*](), all did not go as planned. The advanced flying machine took its time, lined up its shot, and plunked her parcel straight into her swimming pool — which landed with all the ceremony of a giant turd hitting the bottom of a toilet bowl. "Oh my god, oh my god," she said in anticipation. Then, after splashdown: "oh s\*\*\*!" https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/2090204677992325185 The timing couldn't be any funnier. Earlier this week, Amazon [announced]() that its drone delivery service will expand to 500 more cities across the US, up from the 11 it operates in right now. Call that news a heads up, in light of the drone's proven aerial bombardment capabilities. This isn't the first time something like this has happened, either. A video taken in May showed one of Amazon's drones [dropping a package on the edge of a pond](), before it tumbled into the water floated away. Another video taken last year showed a similar accident, except the package [rolled into a customer's pool](). Water isn't the only terrain that the drones are carelessly dropping packages onto. Suspicious of how the delivery bots would handle fragile items, one person[ filmed a drone dropping their order of syrup straight onto concrete](), which ended up breaking the plastic bottle. The drone in the video is Amazon's [MK-30 model](), which is large compared to consumer drones and weigh around 80 lbs. Residents have complained about their noise, comparing them to helicopters. Some of them have also crashed. Two operating in the West Valley area near Phoenix [collided into a construction crane last year]() and burst into flames, causing Amazon to temporarily suspend deliveries in the area. An Amazon spokesperson addressed the recent pool pratfall in a statement, insisting that the drones are performing swimmingly. "Incidents are extremely rare, and when a delivery doesn't go as planned, we learn from it to improve the experience and take steps to prevent it from happening in the future," they [told *Mashable*]()*.* **More on drones:** [*Volunteers Tracking Lost Dog Baffled When Locals Trash Thermal Imaging Drone*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()