Zipline Patient Stories — Delivery #1,459,819
On the evening of March 28th at 17:00 GMT, a 4-year-old girl was playing outside her home in Gbintiri, a farming village in the north east region of Ghana, when she was bitten by a venomous snake hiding under a pile of firewood. Her parents, realizing the severity of the bite, rushed her to Gbintiri Health Center, the closest facility in the area. The health workers quickly assessed the girl’s condition and confirmed signs of envenoming: swelling and fading consciousness. They immediately checked their stockroom, only to discover they had run out of antivenom. The next referral hospital was over two hours away by rough road, but this little girl had 45 minutes before the venom would paralyze her heart.

Zipline just rolled out our April software release. Our team shipped 1,760 changes after testing for 3,256 flight hours (20,700 test flights) on 76 unique aircraft.

Here is a *long* thread diving deep into the top 20 changes... 1/many 2/ Gale-force winds: unlocked. In strong winds, the aircraft now flies upwind to help tug the Zip upstream as it delivers.

It's time...

Zipline's next big breakthrough is enabling anyone to send packages through the Zipline Network.

Introducing, the Zipping Point... 1/n 2/ Ten years ago, Zipline unveiled the biggest breakthrough in delivery since the car: small electric Zips that fly fast above the ground, directly to the recipient.

1/ Today, Zipline unveiled our next generation delivery drone system, designed to provide the best home delivery service the planet has ever seen. It's so out-there that you probably won't believe your eyes... 🧵 2/ We're building on top of the tens of millions of miles we've already flown - half a million fully autonomous commercial deliveries over the last 7 years in 8 countries