Garmin's Emergency Autoland, certified in October 2020 on the Piper M600 SLS, lets an untrained passenger land a turboprop by pressing a single button.
The FAA has certified Garmin Autoland on the Epic E1000 AX, making it the fourth turboprop to carry autonomous landing capability that can fly and land the aircraft without any human input.
The FAA has certified Garmin Autoland for the Epic E1000 AX, letting non-pilot passengers press a button and have the aircraft land itself automatically.
The Air Force's Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System has saved at least eight F-16 pilots from controlled flight into terrain since 2014 - and the technology is pushing aviation toward a fundamental question about who, or what, has final authority over the controls.
A Southwest Airlines captain was concussed by a falling cockpit display during takeoff, raising fleet-wide safety questions about equipment mounting integrity.