Test flight of the new supersonic craft Waverider was not as planned. The unmanned plane crashed into the sea. The flight was supposed to reach a speed of 6900 km / h.
Shortly after the rocket engine had been started to bring up the plane's speed so we had a breakdown with the helm, reports Reuters. Another 15 seconds later dropped the air traffic control over the planet.
A spokesman for the U.S. Air Base 88th Air Base Wing, Ohio, announces that the plane disintegrated immediately and plunged into the sea northwest of Los Angeles.
The test flight was supposed to last for five minutes, but ended abruptly after about 30 seconds.
There are no official data on what planet has cost.
Wave Rider, which is one of several ongoing projects aimed at creating a supersonic plane, reaching the speed Mach 5 in June last year. Had the test flight today and had managed to craft reached the speed of Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound. With that speed, a trip between New York and London take about an hour.
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