While seaplanes are a frequent fixture in pop culture, their use is limited because they can't land on the ground... except ...

“We were watching the seaplane take off and just as it was beginning to get off the water, it just tipped over and it crashed,” Quin told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio in Perth.

It is a vertically capable aircraft, or Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which means it can take off like a helicopter. It also has two fixed wings that allows it to take ...