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Inside the first-ever drone transport of a human organ

The decision to transport a live human organ using an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) was always going to be a fraught one—not least because there are plenty of alternatives available that have worked for many decades. “A lot of people have asked me, ‘Why didn’t you put it in an ambulance or a helicopter?’” says Ryan Henderson, the chief UAS pilot for the University of Maryland (UMD). “We absolutely could have done that. However, there...

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