Patent ID: 9547990
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,G05D,G07C,G08G

Claim:
1. An emergency landing control system for an aircraft that includes at least one engine, the system comprising: a landing site data source configured to determine, continuously and in real-time, one or more available landing sites, and to supply landing site data representative thereof; a performance margin data source configured to conduct, continuously and in real-time, a continuous performance analysis of the engine, and to supply performance margin data representative thereof; an engine health data source configured to determine, continuously and in real-time, available engine power as a function of time, and to supply engine health data representative thereof; an aircraft health data source configured to determine, continuously and in real-time, available aircraft life as a function of time, and to supply aircraft health data representative thereof; and a processor coupled to receive the landing site data, the performance margin data, the engine health data, and the aircraft health data and configured, based on these data, to continuously generate landing paths to one or more of the available landing sites.