Nearly 100 drones crash near crowds watching light show at Sydney harbour

He said the sound of them crashing was ‘considerable’ even from up to 65 feet away and that he could hear them ‘physically crash and smash onto the cement’.

‘They did look like they were well and truly outside their flying zones. They’re not meant to fly over anyone or even close to anyone,and it fell within metres of people I was with,’ Robert claimed.

Vivid Sydney said that no drones landed outside of the planned exclusion zone to their knowledge.

In July 2023,hundreds of drones were lost during a show at Melbourne’s Victoria Harbour after connection issues,with several landing in the water.

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