@stux The two people onboard shut down the engines and exited the plane and did not require medical attention. The video only says that there "reportedly" was a pressurization issue, not that there was one and the statement is unattributed. This sure strikes me as a potentially orchestrated stunt/market manipulation.

@stux and no AI

Emergency Autoland puts Garmin on the bleeding edge of autonomous flying

Designing and certifying automated systems in the era of the 737 Max.

The Air Current (theaircurrent.com)

@Infoseepage It's been clarified since it broke a few days ago by the company which owns the plane.

The crew says they never lost consciousness and let it activate as a precaution. The computer selected the speech and words to use.

Plane makes safe emergency landing in Colorado without a pilot's help, in first "Autoland" use

On Saturday, a plane landed at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help.

(www.cbsnews.com)

I would hope the FAA would read the black box and other data and make a report about it. It doesn't look like an incident is posted yet at the FAA for Dec 20 and the plane left the following day. https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:93:::NO:::

@stux

Garmin Autoland Activation Was Crew Decision
Charter company clarifies circumstances behind first reported real-world use of emergency landing system.

Garmin Autoland Activation Was Crew Decision

Charter company clarifies circumstances behind first reported real-world use of emergency Garmin autoland system.

AVweb: Premier Aviation News and Insights for Pilots and Professionals​ (avweb.com)

@paul @Infoseepage Interesting!

The tech could be very handy nonetheless

@stux
Wait… Was the pilot "incapacitated" or not? The end of the story says they shut the engines down by themselves.