A plane was flying with 159 onboard. Then both pilots fell asleep.

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29. Auto land tech has been around for decades on commercial.

Now we are seeing it on private aircraft. Including non-pilot passenger activated “safe return” systems that land and stop the plane in the event of pilot incapacitation.

Some systems will prompt a pilot to respond and descend a non responsive pilot to breathable air to try and avoid a Payne Stewart type situation.

This higher level of sophistication has become more adaptable to private aircraft as more private aircraft are being equipped with automatic throttles and brakes that have been on big airliners for decades.

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Commercial system called auto land cat3 systems are currently pilot set up while in flight but there is no reason they couldn’t be remote activated or auto activated. These systems actually perform the touchdown, rollout, and braking on the runway in zero visibility.

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Here is one of the least sophisticated systems already in use in private aircraft. This system auto descends to breathable air.

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