Boeing CEO says flying taxis will 'happen faster than we understand'

Flying taxis could be close to taking flight within the next ten years. That's according to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg, who said the aerospace giant has been testing prototypes of sophisticated flying taxis that could one day be capable of ferrying humans to and from places, not unlike an Uber. 'I think it will happen faster than any of us understand,' Muilenberg told Bloomberg. 'Real prototype vehicles are being built right now, so the technology is very doable,' he added. Pictured is the LightningStrike, a flying taxi created by Aurora Flight Sciences, that can ferry passengers between locations called'urban vertiports,' similar to high-tech helipads Muilenberg has been designing what would be the'rules of the road for three-dimensional highways' that carry autonomous flying taxis, Bloomberg noted.