DJI makes world's 1st successful drone delivery tests on Mt Qomolangma

"The ability to safely transport equipment, supplies and waste by drone has the potential to revolutionize Mount Qomolangma mountaineering logistics, facilitate trash clean-up efforts and improve safety for all involved," said Christina Zhang, senior corporate strategy director at DJI, which is headquartered in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province.

Following the tests, a Nepali drone company was contracted to establish drone delivery operations on Mount Qomolangma from May 22.

The DJI drone was used to bring down trash like ropes and ladders on May 29, and "it can carry 30 kg," said Jagat Prasad Bhusal, chief administrative officer of Nepal's Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, where Mount Qomolangma is situated.

"We plan to use it on Mount Ama Dablam" in the fall climbing season, Bhusal said of the DJI drone.

The 6,812-meter-high Mount Ama Dablam lies in the eastern Himalayan range of Nepal.