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Plane auto-lands during pilot incapacitation emergency [video]
- akeck 10mo agoAmazing to see this system work.
- Galxeagle 10mo agoOne of the big design challenges with self-driving cars like Waymo is communication with pedestrians - have to have some analogue to making eye contact or waving so pedestrians know they've been seen (possibly through audio or LED message signs)[0] It's fascinating to me that a plane in full (emergency) autonomous mode, having run an algorithm to identify airport and landing sequence, is using speech to text to broadcast over analogue radio to the humans in the area. And the tower tentatively communicating back ('Outfitter 9, if you can hear me, cleared to land...') to do the expected final step in the exchange. https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23913251/waymo-roof-dome-communicate-intent-pedestrian-driver https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23913251/waymo-roof-dome...
- whoamii 10mo agoMaybe soon we don’t need physical controls, no more pilots, and we no longer need security checks to board a plane. :)
- yetihehe 10mo agoSecurity checks will still be done because it may be even easier to take over the plane when you don't have to threaten a pilot.
- whoamii 10mo agoWhat’s there to take over if there are no physical and accessible controls?
- 56J8XhH7voFRwPR 10mo agoWhat? Why would security checks go away because there would be no pilot?
- segmondy 10mo agoAmazing, I saw the video of when they did a test with the HondaJet, pretty cool to see it in action.
- the-anarchist 10mo agoThis is impressive. I'd also like to add that the Beechcraft Super King Air is a beautiful aircraft.
- 56J8XhH7voFRwPR 10mo agoI'm curious in this instance how the system was activated. According to literature "activation happens manually via a dedicated button (cockpit/cabin) or automatically if the system detects pilot incapacitation (no inputs, emergency descent after depressurization, or Level Mode active too long)" In this scenario I wonder which it was.
- ChrisArchitect 10mo agoDiscussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346214 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346214