From Quartz India

  • Boeing's Wisk working taking flying robotaxis to Asia by 2030

    In 2022, Boeing invested in $450 million with Wisk, a company working on a flying car. The next year, it fully absorbed Wisk. By 2030, it hopes to have Wisk’s autonomous flying taxis operating in Asia. Boeing Chief Technology Officer Todd Citron revealed the plans to Nikkei, the Japanese news publication. Citron did not tell Nikkei where exactly in Asia that Boeing hopes to send the taxis. Nor did he say whether Boeing’s Wisk would operate a taxi service directly or sell its aircraft to...

  • Air Canada Employee Arrested For $15 Million Airport Gold Heist

    Exactly a year after 6,600 bars of 99.99-percent pure gold were reported missing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Peel Regional Police has announced multiple arrests in connection with the brazen heist seemingly ripped straight from the silver screen. Law enforcement claims two Air Canada employees were involved in the $15 million gold theft. Despite the charges levied, only $65,000 in gold has been recovered. In April 2023, a flight from Zurich, Switzerland, landed at Pearson Airport...