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Uber Assures Public That ‘Uber Copter’ Is Safe After Fatal Helicopter Crash In New York City

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