Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, told Gizmodo the rider wasn’t charged for his trip and has attempted to contact Johns but they haven’t connected yet. Waymo also emphasizes the circling lasted about five minutes. Johns told ABC15 Arizona that he was frustrated by the experience and “It’s like people are the experiment.”

The man was trapped in the Waymo as it circled the parking lot, causing him to almost miss his flight home by five minutes

A man had the misfortune of becoming trapped inside a driverless Waymo taxi, which drove around a Scottsdale, Arizona, parking lot in circles instead of getting him to the airport for his imminent flight.

US tech expert Mike Johns ordered a self-driving taxi through Google’s Waymo app in December. Rather than taking him to his destination, the car repeatedly drove in circles in an office car park. Johns posted video of the incident on LinkedIn, asking whether the autonomous vehicle was hacked.

A Los Angeles tech entrepreneur found himself trapped in a self-driving taxi last month on his way to the airport, with the car repeatedly circling around a parking lot. Mike Johns posted a video on LinkedIn in which he was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.

A Los Angeles man said he recently missed his flight home after getting trapped on his way to the airport in a Waymo that wouldn't stop making circles in a parking lot.

A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight after a self-driving Waymo taxi failed to stop driving in circles around a parking lot.Mike Johns was heading home from Scottsdale, Arizona last week when he hailed a Waymo on his way to a nearby airport.