Documents show that Amazon's automatic UAV delivery project prime air has repeatedly tried to delay the federal government's investigation into the UAV crash According to a crash report, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector Jim Holden pointed out that Amazon's representative had tried to postpone the crash examination, saying he had an appointment with a dentist
Holden wrote in the same report that Amazon did not provide photos and information about the accident one month after the incident.
These documents cite several cases where prime air tried to avoid or delay the FAA investigation. The FAA is responsible for supervising drone flights in the United States. Documents show that Amazon cleaned up the wreckage of the UAV at least twice before FAA inspectors launched an investigation.
An Amazon spokesman responded that the media description of the FAA document was "misleading and inaccurate", and prime air "complied with all incident reporting, investigation and other applicable regulatory requirements". Amazon also said that its current policy is to notify the FAA before moving the wreckage.