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China just approved flying taxis – no pilot needed

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78 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 18:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source
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tekla ◴[12 Apr 25 18:50 UTC] No.43666984[source]▶
I wish to see the safety test of what happens when a blade breaks off and hits the passenger bay.
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1. bigyabai ◴[12 Apr 25 18:56 UTC] No.43667021[source]▶
Yeah, without a reinforced nacelle you could easily end up with a fatal birdstrike here. One shudders to imagine how thin that polyethylene window is...