Introducing Safe Return Emergency Autoland
What it is
Cirrus introduces Safe Return, an emergency autoland system for its Vision Jet. A passenger presses a single button and the aircraft squawks emergency, reroutes and lands itself.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a real example of certified emergency autoland, used in debates about autonomy and pilotless aircraft.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“Looks pretty impressive.”
Cirrus emergency autoland: one button reroutes and lands the aircraft.
cyberferret, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability”
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Topics: cirrus, vision jet, garmin, autoland, general aviation, autonomy
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