A Zipline drone is caught by a hook on a cable after making deliveries in South Jordan, Utah on Oct. 4, 2022.

The long awaited era of drone deliveries has arrived in Utah with an initial rollout that allows patients in South Jordan to get their pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medications by parachute drop deliveries.

Intermountain Healthcare has partnered with the company Zipline to start launching fixed-wing drones that can carry up to four pounds per delivery. The aircraft are launched from a distribution center built on top of the Trans-Jordan Landfill in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley. That facility has no runway. Instead the drones are launched from a slingshot-like launcher and retrieved at the same location by an arresting line that snags the craft as it passes over.

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Video by Trent Nelson of The Salt Lake Tribune.

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