Drones fly over Sing Buri Technical College in Sing Buri province in the first test by Thailand Post on Wednesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Thailand Post tested drone delivery for the first time on Wednesday with a plan to start delivering medicines to patients difficult to reach by regular mail carriers.
The mail delivery service tested drone delivery at Sing Buri Technical College by flying a fleet of drones with medicine parcels to a destination located about 500 metres away.
Sing Buri was selected for the test location as it is one of the provinces regularly afflicted by floods that obstruct traditional delivery, according to a Thailand Post official.
Thailand Post President Dhanant Subhadrabandhu said medicines would be the first parcels delivered by drone to patients living in remote areas when…
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