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Handle With Care: Lessons From Vertical’s VX4 Crash

Graham Warwick May 03, 2024

VX4 came down vertically with almost twice the sink rate the gear was designed to handle.

Credit: UK Air Accident Investigation Branch
Investigation of the 2023 crash of Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator provides insights into the intricacies of handling an accident involving a high-voltage, battery-powered aircraft. Published on May 2, the UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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