The Federal Aviation Administration 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 said the agency is not investigating the incident.

On November 18, after completing a delivery, a drone clipped a thin, overhead internet cable then performed a “Safe Contingent Landing,” as designed, an Amazon spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response, adding that “there were no injuries or widespread internet service outages.”

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