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A plane controlled from California just landed in Utah. Air taxis could be next.

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A small plane landed on the tarmac at Salt Lake City Airport on Wednesday. Its pilot didn't, though.

They were 700 miles away, controlling the aircraft from a facility in Concord, California.

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