From the article: This was at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, a smaller airport on the way to Boulder. ... ...
From the article:
A Beechcraft King Air executed a safe landing in Denver under Garmin Autoland control on December 20, possibly the first use of the system outside of testing and certification—though the nature of the onboard emergency declared by the computer remained unclear [...]
Garmin's Autoland, the first certified system designed to land an aircraft without human input in cases of emergency, earned the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Part of the Autonomi suite of safety technologies, Autoland is designed to take full control if activated, and to do so automatically if the pilot becomes unresponsive, such as in cases of hypoxia.
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The system, as designed, made additional calls as it flew the aircraft in a descending circle a few miles from the runway. Controllers advised various aircraft and ground units of the incoming emergency, and that rescue vehicles were maneuvering into position. About a minute before landing, the tower broadcast to the King Air, "If you can hear me, any runway, cleared to land, wind three-five-zero at six, altimeter three-zero-zero-zero."
Controllers told other aircraft prior to the landing that they expected the King Air to stop on the runway after landing and shut down, which it apparently did, as designed. Aircraft on the frequency after the King Air's landing were advised the airport was closed and was expected to remain so for at least 30 to 60 minutes while emergency crews responded.
Just saw the VASAviation video on this earlier today. Interesting to hear it all. And really neat that we have this technology that can be implemented on smaller planes! While I'm sure these are...
Just saw the VASAviation video on this earlier today. Interesting to hear it all. And really neat that we have this technology that can be implemented on smaller planes! While I'm sure these are pricey now, maybe one day it'll be cheap enough to be standard on all planes.
From the article:
This was at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, a smaller airport on the way to Boulder.
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Just saw the VASAviation video on this earlier today. Interesting to hear it all. And really neat that we have this technology that can be implemented on smaller planes! While I'm sure these are pricey now, maybe one day it'll be cheap enough to be standard on all planes.
Also some bonus ATC radio traffic of a test of one of these systems earlier this year.