News / How a lung transplant led to the take-off of an electric cargo aircraft

Like with all good start-ups, there is a great story behind it (and one that will put most parents to shame).

The tale starts with the founder of broadcasting company SiriusXM, Martine Rothblatt, who discovered her daughter had a rare lung disease. Not accepting an ‘incurable’ diagnosis, she sold her company and set up another, United Therapeutics, to find a cure – which she did, but it would necessitate her daughter undergoing a lung transplant.

But shipping human organs is notoriously difficult ...