Airlander 10: World's largest aircraft crashes as it attempts to take off

[Ocean]

Airlander 10 crash: World's largest aircraft crashes as it attempts to take to the sky

The bottom-shaped ship had been attempting its second flight when it ran into problems


http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/airlander-10-bottom-aircraft-worlds-largest-bedfordshire-crash-a7207291.html

 

[bjorb]

Re: Airlander 10 crash: World's largest aircraft crashes as it attempts to take to t

Soft crash landing, nobody was nervous haha. Was cool to watch, thx !!

 

[Pierre]

Re: Airlander 10 crash: World's largest aircraft crashes as it attempts to take to t

Soft crash landing, nobody was nervous haha. Was cool to watch, thx !!

According to the above mentioned article, the crash was due to:

"A line that was hanging down from the plane hit the telegraph pole about two fields away," one eyewitness said.

In any case it's not good publicity for a piece of machinery that is sold at $30+ million.

 

[bjorb]

Re: Airlander 10 crash: World's largest aircraft crashes as it attempts to take to t

[quote author= Pierre]In any case it's not good publicity for a piece of machinery that is sold at $30+ million.[/quote]

At least it showed that it is resilient :P