Patent ID: 8200379

Claim:
An aircraft recovery system comprising: a processor; at least one first environmental sensor configured to monitor at least one environmental condition of an aircraft communicating a signal representative of the at least one environmental condition to the processor; at least one second environmental sensor configured to monitor at least one environmental condition of the aircraft communicating a signal representative of the at least one environmental condition to the processor; at least one third environmental sensor configured to monitor at least one environmental condition of the aircraft communicating a signal representative of the at least one environmental condition to the processor; and at least one device disposed with the aircraft and configured to address an aircraft emergency, the at least one device communicating with the processor; wherein the processor determines the presence of an in-flight emergency based on the representative signal from the at least one environmental sensor, the processor further identifying a device from the at least one device disposed with the aircraft to address the emergency; and the processor further deploying the device identified, wherein said at least one first environmental sensor is selected by the processor to operate in an automatic operation mode, said at least one second environmental sensor is selected by the processor to operate in a manual operation mode, and said least one third environmental sensor is selected by the processor to operate in both the automatic operation mode or the manual operation mode.