<div>Roommates, just days after Uber announced its &#8216;Uber Copter&#8217; service in New York City, a helicopter pilot was forced to make a <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/prayersup-at-least-1-deceased-after-helicopter-makes-a-crash-landing-on-the-top-of-a-building-in-manhattan/">fatal emergency landing</a> on top of a building in Midtown Manhattan. Authorities are now questioning the safety of Uber Copter, but Uber says there&#8217;s nothing to worry about.</div>
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<div>According to Fox News, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson questioned whether or not more flights over the city is a good idea. Uber says yes.</div>
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<div>Uber&#8217;s air taxi boss Eric Allison says the helicopter service will be operating under the same set of regulations and guidelines as any other aircrafts.</div>
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<div>&#8220;We don&#8217;t need any legislative change and we don&#8217;t need any real change,&#8221; Eric says. &#8220;We&#8217;re working with the FAA to take the existing rules and to use them and apply them in the right way to this new form of transportation.&#8221;</div>
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<div>Despite Monday&#8217;s crash, Eric says Uber has been working with regulators from &#8220;day one&#8221; to bring Uber Copter to life, and the company is not expecting any issues.</div>
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<div>&#8220;Because of the helicopter crash, safety is so foundational that we are just baking into everything,&#8221; Eric says. &#8220;We are continuing to to that and it emphasizes how important it is to do it right.&#8221;</div>
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<div>As we previously reported, Uber Copter will offer Uber members rides from Lower Manhattan to John F. Kennedy International Airport for $200 per ride. The only requirement is you need to reach Platinum or Diamond Uber member status!</div>
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<div>Eric Allison also speaks on Uber taking a more futuristic approach to transportation, and trying to keep up with the vastly changing taxi industry, They hope to introduce an air taxi prototype that resembles the flying car in &#8216;The Jetson&#8217;s&#8217; as well.</div>
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<p>“That&#8217;s the idea, to take to take transportation out of the two-dimensional grid and into the sky, kind of take advantage of the third dimension just the way cities do right now by growing up in skyscrapers,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<div>Uber hopes this new way of travel will help to alleviate traffic in the city. Uber is planning on the service becoming available to customers in July!</div>
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