RobotRisk / XPeng AeroHT / 2025-09-16

drones evtol · crash

Two eVTOLs from XPeng AeroHT collide and crash during air show

S4 · 09/16
2025 · XPeng AeroHT · China

Record

Company	XPeng AeroHT
Category	drones evtol
Type	crash
Date	09/16 2025
Time of day	not documented
Location	China
Severity	S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale	2 eVTOL aircraft
Confidence	high
Verification	Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Source	Electrek

What happened

Two XPeng AeroHT eVTOL aircraft collided and crashed during airshow practice/performance in China; reporting indicates an injury occurred but no fatalities.

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