Crash

The high-altitude drone Zephyr met a sticky end, just hours before it would have broken all records for the longest-ever continuous flight.

At Cranfield Airport in Bedfordshire, the four-seat, single-engine DA 40 NG was barely airborne for around 12 seconds when it went down.

Joby Aviation, an air taxi services company, reported that one of its prototype aircraft suffered an accident during testing.