Air Accidents Investigators Expect Final Word On Hydrogen Demonstrator Later This Year
Zero Avia's Hydrogen test bed crash of 2021 has been somewhat updated as the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has announced the completion of its interim report on the incident. Until recently, details remained somewhat elusive, with the Branch only mentioning that the plane, a hybrid aircraft powered by electric motors and hydrogen fuel cells, had lost power to the electrical motors. Prior to the loss, as was now disclosed, the test regimen required the battery power to be shut off, leaving the electric motors powered solely by the hydrogen fuel cell.
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