The first flights of the US air-taxi program carried organs, not passengers

The first flights of the US air-taxi program carried organs, not passengers

Beta Technologies has completed the first flights in the US government’s electric air-taxi pilot programme. The Amazon-backed company flew the debut missions of the scheme, CNBC reports. The flights did not carry passengers. Instead, they transported manufactured organs for United Therapeutics between airports in Maryland and Virginia, covering about 275 nautical miles. The programme, an eVTOL […]

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