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Airspeeder demonstrator crash prompts AAIB probe of 'poor design and build quality'
S3 · 01 Jan 2019 · Alauda Aeronautics · UK
Record
| Company | Alauda Aeronautics |
| Industry | Drones / eVTOL |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | 01 Jan 2019 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | UK |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 1 demonstrator drone |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch found Alauda's Airspeeder racing eVTOL demonstrator crashed in 2019 due to poor design and build quality; a related incident saw an out-of-control Airspeeder drone enter Gatwick airport controlled airspace when its kill switch failed.
Primary source
aerospacetestinginternational.com
Publisher: aerospacetestinginternational.com · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 2019 | Airspeeder demonstrator crash prompts AAIB probe of 'poor design and build quality' | aerospacetestinginternational.com | aerospacetestinginternat |
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