SEATTLE — Police are searching for the owner of a drone, which struck a Ferris wheel and crashed to the ground Wednesday on Seattle’s waterfront.
A security guard was making his rounds in the 1300 block of Alaskan Way around 4:45 PM when he heard a strange noise. He looked up on saw the drone strike the center of the 175-foot Seattle Great Wheel.
The drone then fell to the pier below where it smashed into a plastic table, leaving a basketball-sized hole.
No one was injured in the incident and the Great Wheel did not sustain any significant damage.
Officers seized the drone at the scene but were not immediately able to locate the drone’s operator. Police are now
working to identify the drone’s owner.
[The Seattle Great Wheel is a giant Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington. With an overall height of 175 feet, it was the tallest Ferris wheel on the West Coast of the United States when it opened on June 29, 2012.]
