(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it is probing Amazon after one of its delivery drones downed an internet cable in central Texas last week. "A MK30 drone struck a wire line in Waco, Texas, around 12:45 p.m. local time on Tuesday, November 18," the regulator said in a statement to Reuters, adding that it "is investigating" this incident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the agency is not investigating the incident. Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The e-commerce major confirmed the incident to CNBC, which first reported it, saying that after clipping the internet cable, the drone performed a "safe contingent landing", adding that there were no injuries. Video footage reviewed by the network showed one of Amazon's MK30 drones ascending from a customer's yard when one of its six propellers became entangled in a utility line. The drone's motors subsequently shut down, resulting in a controlled descent. This comes after the NTSB and FAA said in October that they would investigate a separate incident in which two Amazon Prime Air drones collided with a crane boom in Arizona. Amazon began delivering prescription medications by drones in partnership with Amazon Pharmacy to customers in College Station, Texas in 2023. The e-commerce firm aims to deliver 500 million packages annually by drone by the end of 2030. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru and David Shepardson; additional reporting by Dheeraj Kumar; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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