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  "city": "Doha",
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  "last_verified": "2026-08-22",
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  "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation.",
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    "name": "EHang IR — EH216-S Conducts First Urban Human-Carrying Pilotless eVTOL Flights in the Middle East, Partnering with Qatar's Ministry of Transport (17 Nov 2025)",
    "url": "https://ir.ehang.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ehang-eh216-s-conducts-first-urban-human-carrying-pilotless/",
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    "name": "EHang official EH216-S product page (manufacturer specs and autonomy description)",
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    "type": "operator-ir",
    "accessed": "2026-05-01"
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    "id": "ehang-ir-2024-driftx",
    "name": "EHang — EH216-S Completes Debut Flight in Abu Dhabi at DRIFTx (29 Apr 2024)",
    "url": "https://www.ehang.com/news/1082.html",
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    "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation."
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    "name": "Qatar autonomous (pilotless) eVTOL — explained",
    "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation."
   },
   "fr": {
    "name": "Qatar autonomous (pilotless) eVTOL — explained",
    "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation."
   },
   "de": {
    "name": "Qatar autonomous (pilotless) eVTOL — explained",
    "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation."
   },
   "zh": {
    "name": "Qatar autonomous (pilotless) eVTOL — explained",
    "meta_description": "Explains how Qatar's first urban pilotless eVTOL — EHang EH216-S, flown Doha 17 Nov 2025 — operates without a pilot, under QCAA authorisation."
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    "v": "Answer page (technology explainer)",
    "i18n": {
     "ar": {
      "k": "النوع"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Typ"
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     "zh": {
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    "v": "EHang EH216-S",
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     "ar": {
      "k": "الطائرة"
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     "fr": {
      "k": "Aéronef"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Luftfahrzeug"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "飞行器"
     }
    }
   },
   {
    "id": "configuration",
    "k": "Configuration",
    "v": "16 propellers, 2 seats, all-electric multicopter",
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     "ar": {
      "v": "16 دافعة، مقعدان، طائرة متعددة الدوارات كهربائية بالكامل"
     },
     "fr": {
      "v": "16 hélices, 2 sièges, multicoptère tout électrique"
     },
     "de": {
      "v": "16 Propeller, 2 Sitze, vollständig elektrischer Multicopter"
     },
     "zh": {
      "v": "16个螺旋桨、2个座位、全电动多旋翼飞机"
     }
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   },
   {
    "id": "autonomy",
    "k": "Autonomy",
    "v": "Pre-set route, GNSS positioning, ground command centre",
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     "ar": {
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      "v": "مسار محدد مسبقاً، تحديد موقع GNSS، مركز قيادة على الأرض"
     },
     "fr": {
      "k": "Autonomie",
      "v": "Route prédéfinie, positionnement GNSS, centre de commande au sol"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Autonomie",
      "v": "Voreingestellte Route, GNSS-Positionierung, Bodenbefehlszentrale"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "自主性",
      "v": "预设路线、GNSS定位、地面指挥中心"
     }
    }
   },
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    "v": "QCAA (operational authorisation, Nov 2025)",
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      "k": "الجهة التنظيمية",
      "v": "QCAA (اعتماد تشغيلي، نوفمبر 2025)"
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      "k": "Régulateur",
      "v": "QCAA (autorisation opérationnelle, novembre 2025)"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Aufsichtsbehörde",
      "v": "QCAA (Genehmigung zum Flugbetrieb, November 2025)"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "监管机构",
      "v": "卡塔尔民航局（操作授权，2025年11月）"
     }
    }
   },
   {
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    "k": "Manufacturer Country",
    "v": "China — Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) type-certified",
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     "ar": {
      "v": "الصين — معتمدة من إدارة الطيران المدني الصينية (CAAC)"
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     "fr": {
      "v": "Chine — certifié de type par la Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)"
     },
     "de": {
      "v": "China — Typ-zertifiziert durch die Zivilluftfahrtbehörde Chinas (CAAC)"
     },
     "zh": {
      "v": "中国——中国民用航空局（CAAC）型号合格证"
     }
    }
   },
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    "id": "qatar_status",
    "k": "Qatar Status",
    "v": "Trial flights flown · no commercial operator certificate issued",
    "i18n": {
     "ar": {
      "v": "رحلات تجريبية تم تنفيذها · لم يتم إصدار شهادة مشغل تجاري"
     },
     "fr": {
      "v": "Vols d'essai réalisés · aucun certificat d'opérateur commercial délivré"
     },
     "de": {
      "v": "Versuchsflüge durchgeführt · kein kommerzielles Betreiberzertifikat ausgestellt"
     },
     "zh": {
      "v": "已飞行试验航班·未颁发商业运营人证书"
     }
    }
   }
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}