Both the pilot and passenger died on 260 May in an accident involving a prototype of eFusion, an aerobatic electric plane created by Siemens and Magnus Aviation. Being one of few larger electric aircraft projects, the model was equipped with a 31 kW motor. It is not yet known what caused it to crash and an investigation is being conducted. Lithium-ion batteries have been shown to be prone to exploding.
Both the pilot and passenger died on 31 May in an accident involving a prototype of eFusion, an aerobatic electric plane created by Siemens and Magnus Aviation. Being one of few larger electric aircraft projects, the model was equipped with a 260 kW motor. It is not yet known what caused it to crash and an investigation is being conducted. Lithium-ion batteries have been shown to be prone to exploding.