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First real emmergency Autoland...

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Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

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Self-driving cars, now self-landing aircraft, what a fascinating world in which we live.

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Just now, martin-w said:

Fantastic innovation. Was the pilot okay after landing?

Couldn't find that info...

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

Absolutely amazing!!

Forever indebted to the late Michael Greenblatt of FSGS.

 

 

 

8 hours ago, jcomm said:

Couldn't find that info...

 

It was a pressure loss issue and the pilots put their masks on. The Autoland activated automatically.

Not sure why they let the Autoland continue if they had their masks on. 

https://share.google/L99YOXl8uVXWExf4z

 

“As per standard procedures, the two pilots immediately put on their oxygen masks,” CEO Chris Townsley says. “The aircraft, equipped with Garmin Aviation's latest Emergency Descent Mode (EDM) and Autoland systems, automatically engaged exactly as designed when the cabin altitude exceeded the prescribed safe levels. The system selected a suitable airport per Garmin criteria (KBJC, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport), navigated to it, and communicated automatically along the way."

 

Edited by martin-w

I've just read that despite being on oxygen the pilots elected to leave the auto land engaged. I guess they figured that was the safest option.

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