Spectacular drone exhibits, corresponding to on the Paleo Pageant in Nyon, Switzerland, in July (pictured), are the specialty of the Texas firm Sky Parts, however the agency’s waiver to carry out such exhibits over spectators in the USA has been suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration within the wake of accident final week in Orlando. File Picture by Valentin Flauraud/EPA-EFE

Dec. 28 (UPI) — A Texas firm that produces elaborate synchronized drone exhibits has been barred from staging the spectacles following an incident in Orlando wherein a number of drones collided and fell into the group.

The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked a mandatory waiver held by Sky Parts of Coppell, Texas, to function such exhibits over dwell crowds, the company mentioned in a press release issued to media shops on Friday.

It was not instantly clear how lengthy the suspension will final.

It comes every week after a 7-year-old boy was critically injured when a number of drones unexpectedly fell from the sky and right into a crowd estimated at 25,000 at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando.

Within the wake of the FAA ruling, a number of upcoming drone exhibits set to be staged by Sky Parts have been canceled, together with in Dallas, the place the corporate was authorised to carry out on the 2024 Reunion Tower New 12 months’s Eve present.

The present was canceled “out of an abundance of warning following a current incident,” Reunion Tower President Dusti Groskreutz instructed WFAA-TV on Friday.

The station additionally confirmed related cancelations in Austin and New York Metropolis’s Central Park.

“We’re diligently working with the FAA and Metropolis of Orlando officers to find out the trigger and are dedicated to establishing a transparent image of what transpired,” Sky Parts mentioned final week in a press release issued to native media.