Emergency Auto Landing

[louiechevy]

I didn't know this existed, but the first emergency auto land happened on Sunday.

https://youtu.be/K3Nl3LOZNjc?si=AiW6GxLkHEYIdlQi

[dukeboy749r]

That's phenomenal.

I wonder at what price point that technology is being fitted to 'planes?

[Krikkit]

dukeboy749r said:

I wonder at what price point that technology is being fitted to 'planes?

IIRC it's about $200k for the system

[dukeboy749r]

Given the obvious benefit, that seems extremely reasonable.

[gotoPzero]

I saw this - great result. I was following the Honda tests a while back when they were going through approval - didnt know Garmin had a similar system.

[egomeister]

Impressive stuff, although one thing confuses me. Reports say the pilots were not incapacitated, but chose to use to allow the autoland to bring the plane down - taking that as read, why did they not engage with the radio call?