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Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype crashes during uncrewed flight test

S4 · 08/09
2023 · Vertical Aerospace · Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK

Record

CompanyVertical Aerospace
Categorydrones evtol
Typecrash
Date08/09
2023
Time of daynot documented
LocationKemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceAeroTime / FlightGlobal

What happened

An uncrewed Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL prototype crashed during a flight test; a UK AAIB investigation later found the crash was caused by a rotor blade release due to a manufacturing defect, with no injuries reported.

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