Nepal to Deploy DJI Drones in High-Altitude Areas for First Time
TapTechNews August 7th news, according to the report of August 5th in the Kathmandu Post quoted by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, Nepal will deploy heavy-duty drones produced by the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI Innovation in high-altitude areas to undertake tasks traditionally handled by Sherpas, This is the first commercial operation of drones in this area.
Traditionally, local Sherpa guides are responsible for transporting oxygen cylinders, tents, food and other supplies and cleaning up garbage among the mountains. They need to cross the very dangerous ice waterfall more than 30 times every season. From 1953 to 2023, nearly 50 people died on the ice waterfall. In the previous test, DJI drones can transport 234 pounds of garbage per hour, and previously about the same weight required 14 porters to spend 6 hours to complete.
Some people worry that using drones will reduce related jobs, but Nepalese officials and mountaineers see drones as a life-saving tool and believe that reducing casualties in dangerous areas is the most critical. The drones will be operated by trained Sherpas.
Experts say that in recent years, mountaineers have brought more equipment to the Everest Base Camp, with crowded people and mountains of garbage. The base camp has become the world's highest garbage dump, and at the same time, more melted snow and ice caused by climate change has exposed the garbage and corpses buried by the Everest for many years, polluting the environment. Experts from East China Normal University believe that drones can replace helicopters as a lower-risk supply transport tool on the plateau, which greatly expands the application space of drones.
TapTechNews learned from DJI's official website that the company launched the DJIFlyCart 30 delivery drone, with a maximum load capacity of up to 30 pounds, supporting a maximum flight altitude of 6000 meters height, a working environment temperature of -20°C to 45°C, and a maximum wind resistance speed of 12 meters per second.
