In a story straight out of "The Jetsons" a flying car crashed near a school in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, injuring two. Ray Siebling was bringing the Maverick, a flying car that looks like a hybrid of a dune buggy and an airboat, in for a landing when he lost control.
"It seemed there was an anomaly on our approach to landing," Siebling told The Canadian Press. "It was just a sharp left turn that turned into a spiral, so the spiral took at least three rotations."
As the car was headed to the ground Siebling noticed that he was in a populated area, including a school, and did everything he could to maneuver the vehicle away from where it could hurt people on the ground.
"I experienced one of those...moments where time slows down," Siebling said. "The training kicked in so were able to operate the aircraft and move it to a safe area."
No one on the ground was injured. Siebling and his passenger were taken to the hospital but are expected to recover from their injuries, according to The Canadian Press.
Beyond Roads, the company that manufactures the Maverick flying car, the vehicle is intended to allow people to get to places they may have not had access to otherwise. The Maverick is "intuitive and safe to fly, drive and maintain by people in frontier areas of the world enabling them to use this unique vehicle in missions and humanitarian applications - in the world 'beyond roads.'"
The Maverick owned by Siebling is only the fifth ever made, according to The Canadian Press. Despite Friday's crash Siebling plans on continuing to fly his Maverick.
"We look to learn some good lessons today and I'm one of the few pilots who gets to do that," Siebling said. "I'm not scared off on the technology behind it; how would I say, not gun shy but very sober, we will take a sober look at every aspect of this flight."
