2009 Hudson River mid-air collision tours of the New York skyline. Visual flight rules on the river corridors by Manhattan have been subject to considerable debate since the 2006 New York City plane crash, in which New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into an apartment building while flying using visual flight rules on the East River. This was the first aircraft collision over the Hudson River since 1976. The collision, which occurred opposite 14th Street in Manhattan, was about 40 blocks south of where US Airways Flight 1549 ditched in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, with no loss of life, after the
Airbus A³ Vahana Airbus A³ Vahana Airbus A³ Vahana (Sanskrit: वाहन, "Vāhana", literally "that which carries, that which pulls") is an electric-powered vertical take-off and landing 8-prop flying prototype financed by Airbus SV. Vahana project started in 2016 as one of the first projects at A³ (pronounced “A-cubed”), the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley. Airbus announce that they "envision Vahana being used by everyday commuters as a cost-comparable replacement for short-range urban transportation like cars or trains". Airbus targets 2020 for a production-ready version of the aircraft. The aircraft has been designed as a "low-cost, single-passenger, electric