The Baltimore Team Working on Drone Delivery of Human Organs had its Longest Flight Yet

Baltimore-based unmanned flight experts that were behind the drone delivery of a kidney across the city are flying high after a new feat this fall.

Working with the Nevada Donor Network, the team at Scott Plank-founded MissionGO helmed two test flights on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas where unmanned aircraft systems transported a human organ and tissue.

One drone flight delivered a kidney about 10 miles, USA Today reported, from an airport to a small desert outpost, marking the longest flight to date delivering a human organ. This was farther than the then-record April 2019 flight in Baltimore, which transported a kidney from West Baltimore to the University of Maryland Medical Center.

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