The Cessna 208B aircraft was remote control-operated by a pilot from a control center. The innovation could one day help combat a growing pilot shortage, an aviation expert told CNN.

Last month’s successful flight of a Cessna 208B Caravan with no one on board was a first for aviation. A remote pilot supervised the uncrewed aircraft from Reliable’s control center 50 miles away.

A Cessna 208B Caravan kitted out with an autonomous flight system from Reliable Robotics recently took to the skies north of Hollister in California, without any humans onboard – though the ...

The Cessna 208B carrying 15 people went off the end of the runway while leaving Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown on Wednesday around 5:30pm, the FAA told the Daily Mail.

Initially this system will be offered only as a retrofit kit for the 9-13 seater, single-prop Cessna 208B, but Reliable Robotics claims that the system is aircraft-agnostic.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash, which involved a Cessna 208B with 15 people onboard, occurred around 5:30 p.m. at Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township, N.J., about 20 miles ...