In short:

Vivid Sydney festival's drone show has been cancelled for now after a technical malfunction on Monday night.

The drone show's operator says a change in radio frequency caused 89 drones to fall into the harbour around Cockle Bay.

What's next?

A Vivid Sydney spokesperson says Tuesday and Wednesday's drone shows will not go ahead, with no decision yet made for Sunday's show.

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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

A bit creepy that they started falling while portraying DNA.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Did they fish them out? That's a lot of pollution

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I've always questioned how they co-ordinate these things to prevent situations like this.

    I guess the answer is they don't?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It's possibly cheaper to just buy new drones instead of making software that only has a chance of them returning home without rtk GPS.

    The general rule with drones is it's safer for them to fall out of the sky when something goes wrong.

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    [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    That sucks for two reasons. One the salt water will destroy the electronics completely so they are all garbage and two nobody gonna try to retrieve them cause sharks

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