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Six-month trial planned for passenger drone operations
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- The planned flight is at Colombo Port City.
- The drone is electric and autonomous or unpiloted.
- The reports frame the test as an early step towards passenger services.
Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa report that Sri Lanka is scheduled to conduct the first test flight of an electric passenger drone on the 11th, at the Colombo Port City premises.
Daily Mirror describes the aircraft as autonomous, while Lankadeepa says it is unpiloted. Both outlets present the flight as an initial step towards introducing passenger drone services in the country.
Daily Mirror’s headline refers to a six-month trial for passenger drone operations, but the report’s teaser does not provide further details about the trial’s scope or timing.
Based on: Daily Mirror, LankadeepaWritten by AI from Daily Mirror, Lankadeepathese outlets’ reports. Not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original reports are the authority. .
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