Originally Posted by
pettinger93
To be fair, the BBC has issued a correction to their original online article, changing the emphasis from the original implication that, because of the 'collapse', the prototype had failed,. The original had also ignored the official approval of the production model. The revised article is now much more positive, and makes it clear that the prototype had been deliberately retired, to allow the manufacture of the approved production model.
The revised report is very positive indeed. So positive as to suggest a lightly rehashed
PR release, perhaps. Especially with the claim that six successful (by what measure?) flights by the prototype is a good place from which to start series production.
I know the aircraft is not held up by hot air, but I sometimes wonder about the organisation behind it.