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French hospital helicopter landings disrupted by illegal prison delivery drones

Night-time emergency helicopter landings have been suspended at Strasbourg University Hospital, due to drone flights used to deliver items to prison inmates.
Night-time emergency helicopter landings have been suspended at Strasbourg University Hospital, due to drone flights used to deliver items to prison inmates. © Gabriel BOUYS / AFP/Archives

Emergency helicopter landings at Strasbourg University Hospitals have been suspended over the risk of collision with drones used to illegally deliver items to inmates in a nearby prison. The hospital says the resulting detour could be "life-threatening" for patients.

Civil Security and rescue helicopters have stopped landing at night at Hautepierre hospital in Strasbourg due to the risk of collision with drones bound for the Elsau detention centre, 4 kilometres away.

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