Patent ID: 7934682
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: B64D,F41H,F42B

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling a safe landing of an aircraft during an in-flight emergency, the aircraft comprising a fuselage and a plurality of wings, the fuselage comprising a frame and a tail, each of said wings comprising one or more beams secured to and extending from the frame, the system comprising: a) a plurality of onboard devices for releasably securing said beams of each of said wings to the frame, wherein said onboard devices release said beams upon activation and wherein said beams are released to separate at least one of said wings from the fuselage, whereby the separation of the at least one of said wings enables the safe landing of the aircraft during the in-flight emergency; b) a non-electric module for activating said onboard devices; c) a fuselage parachute deploying device for deploying at least one fuselage parachute, said fuselage parachute being deployed upon activation of said fuselage parachute deploying device; d) a remote control, said remote control configured to remotely control said non-electric module and said fuselage parachute deploying device from a location outside said aircraft; and e) a control unit for deploying said fuselage parachute, said fuselage parachute being deployed prior to the separation of said wings from the fuselage.