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Helicopter Crashes While Filming Autonomous Audi

Posted by timothy on from the send-robot-ambulances dept.

telomerewhythere writes "A helicopter commissioned by Audi to film its autonomous Audi TT climbing Pikes Peak crashed early this morning. Four people on board were hurt, the pilot seriously. It's a surreal story — a manned vehicle crashes while the one climbing a mountain driven only by computers and sensors carries on. Here's more on the autonomous Audi, a project undertaken with the help of Stanford University."

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  1. Re:Too soon by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can't afford one either, huh?

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  2. Re:Before jumping to conclusions.... by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Flying @ 14,000' elevation aint easy for a helicopter, and it gets *windy* up there at the top of Pikes Peak. Until the NTSB completes the investigation, any comments about what happened and whose fault it is would be pointless.

    If anything other than equipment failure or interference with the pilot happened, it was the pilot's fault.

    Unless there is any reason to believe that equipment failed or that one of the passengers choked the pilot or something, we know whose fault it was.

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