An Amazon spokesperson said an incident that involved a crash at a testing facility in Oregon was not the primary reason for the pause.

Amazon halts drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, citing possible safety concerns with its MK30 drone software.

For the last two years, multinational technology giant Amazon has been operating a commercial drone program in College Station. But this week that program is on hold. Amazon on Friday suspended all commercial drone activity,

Amazon Prime Air, the drone delivery arm of the e-commerce giant, is temporarily halting operations in Texas and Arizona to upgrade its drones’ software. The move follows crashes at Prime Air’s test facility in Pendleton, Oregon, in September and December, first reported by Bloomberg.

The company said Friday it was immediately suspending drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona to fix the aircraft’s software.

Amazon has paused its drone delivery in several parts of Texas and Arizona. The Jeff Bezos-led company announced it is suspending the service at its facilities in College Station (Texas) and Tolleson (Arizona) until further notice.

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an Oregon testing facility as a factor in the decision.

Amazon has paused all commercial drone deliveries for the foreseeable future, with one of the drones even catching fire after the crash. According to Amazon, the crashes were caused by a software issu

Drone crashes in rainy weather are causing problems for Amazon's delivery service. After an update, however, things should continue.

Amazon has temporarily stopped its drone delivery operations in Texas and Arizona after two of its newest models crashed during test flights in rainy we