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DJI’s recent flagship drone announcement was slightly diminished by the decision to exclude US customers from the launch.

Though the US and DJI have been on poor terms for years, many did not expect the drone manufacturer to willingly sacrifice such a large market. More than a decade after the accident occurred, the UN's aviation council ruled that Russia was responsible for the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. ICAO will decide how the nation can right its wrongs. On July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 took off from Amsterdam with plans to land in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. It was in cruise over a rural area in the Donetsk Oblast of Eastern Ukraine when a surface-to-air missile shot it down, killing 298 passengers and crew. Australia-based company CycloTech recently got its BlackBird electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator airborne for the first time, kicking off the aircraft’s unmanned test campaign. This paves the way for the developer’s full-scale project: the CruiseUp. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of
Airborne-Unlimited!!!

Airborne 05.16.25 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, May 16th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- DJI Excludes US from Triple-Camera Mavic 4 Pro Launch
- UN Blames Russia for the 298-Fatality Crash of MH17
- CycloTech’s Electric Prototype Takes Maiden Flight
- Boeing Snags Largest Ever $200B Order From Qatar
- Bernie Sanders’ Astonishing Oligarch-Fighting Carbon Footprint
- Bell Completes 6,000th Aircraft At Mirabel Assembly Plant
- Senate Confirms Meink as 27th Air Force Secretary
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