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How many years do we have to wait for an autopilot to be able to land a plane?

Asked by talljasperman (21919points) August 28th, 2013

I think It would be good in case of emergency. What are the challenges to design an autopilot that can land any type of plane?

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josie's avatar

It’s already here. Search “Autoland”
For example
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland

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zenvelo's avatar

@talljasperman It’s the pilot that is there in case of emergency. That’s the problem with Asiana Airlines- none of their pilots know how to manually land a plane.

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elbanditoroso's avatar

Happens a thousand times every day.

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