Fire Destroys Clean Sky’s Electric Aircraft Scaled Demonstrator

Clean Sky 2’s DEP-SFD

Clean Sky 2’s DEP-SFD was a 1:8.5-scale A320 fitted with distributed electric propulsion.

Credit: Royal NLR
A subscale aircraft built under Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program to flight-test distributed electric propulsion has been destroyed by fire during ground tests at the Netherlands aerospace research center Royal NLR in Amsterdam. The incident occurred on May 11. Emergency services extinguished...
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.

Subscription Required

 

Fire Destroys Clean Sky’s Electric Aircraft Scaled Demonstrator is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aviation Daily through your company? Login with your existing email and password

Not a member?  Learn how to access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the air transport community.