The crew behind a prototype flying racing-car have been criticised for not meeting standards after the craft went out of control and soared 8,000ft up into a flight path for Gatwick airport before crashing back to earth, a report has revealed.
The unmanned craft was on a low-level demonstration flight when its 22-year-old remote pilot who was flying it from the ground suddenly found it no longer responded to his remote controls just a minute after take off.
A spotter who was part of the ground crew tried to use a kill switch in a laptop to cut off power to the four rotors of the Airspeeder Mk2 car on the morning of July 4, 2019.
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