A flying railroad car crash during a test flight in Slovakia on Friday . The Aeromobil car was piloted by Stefan Klein , a co - founding father of the company . Klein was able-bodied to deploy a parachute for the fomite , which is said to have help oneself ease theseverity of the shock .
Witnesses near the Nitra Janíkovce airport identify catch the flying car go into a tailspin before the parachute was deploy . Klein was take to the hospital and released without any serious injuries . However , the fly car was n’t so lucky . judge by thephotos take at the scene , the fomite sustain jolly serious damage .
If the Aeromobil name sounds conversant , that ’s because it has been the Great Flight Hope of flying cable car nerds recently . The vehicle has been featured conspicuously in mag and newspapers around the world , with promises that the fly auto is now just around the corner . The company has even claimed that they could release the fomite by 2017 .
For what it ’s worth , the company is putting on a brave public face , state that crash are all part of the struggle to get data-based vehicles operational .
“ The detailed data and overall experience from this test flight will be thoroughly analyzed and the results will be used in the ongoing R&D and improvements of the epitome , ” Aeromobil said in a statementreleased yesterday . “ Testing of the current prototype 3.0 and further product developing will continue after the surrogate of the damaged parts . ”
It ’s unclear if this will bear on the company ’s plan public discharge of the fomite within the next two year . But honestly , we were n’t holding our hint , even before this weekend ’s crash .
Below , a pic of what the Aeromobil fly car looks like when it ’s not all munted .
Image viaNitra.sme.skandPrague Post
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