EHang completes first fully autonomous pilotless eVTOL passenger flight in Bangkok with CAAT regulator aboard

EHang on Nov. 24 conducted Thailand's first fully autonomous, pilotless eVTOL passenger flight in Bangkok under the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand's AAM Sandbox Initiative, carrying CAAT Director General Air Chief Marshal Manat Chavanaprayoon aboard the EH-216S during a demonstration with local partners.

Discovered 2025-11-25T07:10:45.006749-08:00 | 2025-11-25T07:10:45.006749-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The flight (Nov. 24, 2025) put a national regulator aboard a pilotless EH‑216S in Thailand's AAM Sandbox, showing direct regulator engagement and a move from unmanned trials to crewed demonstrations within a formal sandbox framework.
  • The event follows EHang's earlier unmanned Guangzhou trials and signals the company's push to validate fully autonomous, human‑carrying operations beyond China (see EHang's unmanned trials in Guangzhou: https://hype.aero/?story=d338e400-b76d-47bc-a809-113f50aaf718).
  • This demonstration sits alongside other jurisdictional sandbox and regulatory efforts — part of the broader trend toward near‑commercial testing and infrastructure planning (see Europe's sandbox plans: https://hype.aero/?story=9231b5a7-eb76-4272-b2de-71f254801cf8 and the UK CAA's consultation on eVTOL rules: https://hype.aero/?story=f1b66937-9a85-4bc0-b851-efac36ce1c1b).

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2025-11-25T07:10:45.006749-08:00
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2025-12-01T22:06:34.723188-08:00
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