Baton Rouge Residents Reassured About Amazon Drone Delivery Noise

Amazon's operations director in Baton Rouge, Tyra Jones, addressed resident concerns about noise from drone delivery. She stated that Prime Air is quieter than a delivery truck idling outside a door.

Jones said the project has reduced its noise pollution by 50 percent and that a newer, quieter model of drones is currently being developed.

The current drones have cameras and sensors but are not monitored during flight by a human. Jones emphasized that drivers' jobs have not been lost and that the drones only deliver items weighing less than five pounds.