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Boeing NeXt Says PAV Test Flights Will Resume in Early 2020
Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary is close to resuming test flights with the Passenger Air Vehicle.
Boeing's PAV (passenger air vehicle)
The Boeing PAV is designed to operate autonomously and will be able to carry two passengers.

Boeing NeXt subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences expects to resume flight testing of its Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) early in 2020. The flight test program for the eVTOL aircraft prototype has been suspended following a crash during the aircraft's fifth test flight on June 4, 2019.

On November 18, a spokesperson for the company confirmed that the Aurora team in Manassas, Virginia, is making plans to restart the flight-test program. The aircraft is designed to operate autonomously and will be able to carry two passengers on flights up to around 50 miles.

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