Systems and methods for providing emergency alerts at emergency landing areas of unmanned aerial vehicles

A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle experiencing an emergency landing and providing an emergency alert to an area proximate a predicted emergency landing location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:

• providing an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to transport at least one product to a delivery destination via a flight route, the unmanned aerial vehicle including at least one sensor configured to detect and transmit over a network at least one status input associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle during flight along the flight route;
• providing a computing device including a processor-based control unit and configured for communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle over the network;
• determining, via the control circuit of the unmanned aerial vehicle and based on an analysis of the at least one status input, that the unmanned aerial vehicle is experiencing an emergency condition that requires an emergency landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• analyzing, via the control circuit of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the at least one sensor input received from the unmanned aerial vehicle in order to determine a predicted emergency landing location of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• and
• transmitting, via the unmanned aerial vehicle, an alert signal to electronic devices proximate the predicted emergency landing location to notify users of the electronic devices that the unmanned aerial vehicle is going to experience an emergency landing at the predicted emergency landing location.