Small plane makes emergency landing with first use of Garmin's "Autoland" system

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For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported losing cabin pressure mid-flight. The safety system activated itself and took control of the aircraft to land it. Kris Van Cleave has more.

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First story about this tech from 2019:


Emergency auto-land technology hopes to prevent small plane crashes

Around 250 people die every year in small plane crashes. But new technology gives pilots and passengers the option of hitting what is basically a panic button to automatically land an aircraft. Kris Van Cleave took a test flight.

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