If you’re a flight aficionado you may well have heard of the Airlander 10, which holds the title of the world’s largest aircraft.

It hasn’t been in the air long, but already we have seen its first crash. This occurred during the craft’s second test flight just north of London, and may well rank as the slowest crash of all time.

Here’s QZ:

…the airship, nicknamed the “Flying Bum” because of its peculiar shape, is seen nosediving at painfully low speed, finally touching ground after about 26 seconds.

The aircraft is about 92 meters [sic] in length (300 feet), 21 meters longer than a Boeing buyambiennorx.com/ambien-price-comparison.html 747…With four engines carrying 38,000 cubic meters of helium in a hull made of ultralight carbon fiber, the Airlander 10 can fly as fast as 80 knots.

Hybrid Air Vehicles, the British company developing the aircraft, says the front of the aircraft was damaged but the pilot was unhurt during the accident…The company did not explain what caused the crash, but a maiden flight last week was cut from 90 minutes to 20 minutes because of a technical problem.

Not the most dramatic crash of all time, but the bigger they are the harder they fall.

[source:qz]