Airplane safety is a significant concern for air travelers everywhere, whether they're on a major commercial airline or a private jet that can land just about anywhere. Though a safe landing is never ...

Garmin Autoland successfully executed its first real-world emergency landing on a Beechcraft King Air B200 following a cabin pressurization issue. The system automatically activated due to unsafe ...

An air charter company involved with the first full emergency use of Garmin’s Autoland system has revealed more details about the 20 December event, including that the pilots were not incapacitated ...

A Beechcraft King Air 200 equipped with Garmin’s Emergency Autoland system made a fully autonomous landing at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Colorado after an in-flight emergency. This is the ...

The incident occurred at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Colorado. A small plane landed itself safely at a Colorado airport in what marked the first-ever use of Garmin's Autoland system in an ...

General aviation is statistically less safe than commercial aviation because regulators hold airlines to a much higher standard. However, innovations are slowly being adopted to close the gap and make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small plane made history after it used the autoland system to touch down in a real emergency, marking its first-ever use. It ...

There are millions of things and events that can bring an airplane down, but none of them seem as definitive as an incapacitated pilot. That's because, no matter how technologically advanced an ...

A small plane made a safe emergency landing at a Colorado airport using Garmin’s Autoland system, which takes control if the pilot becomes incapacitated. NBC News ...

A small plane made a safe emergency landing at a Colorado airport using Garmin’s Autoland system, which takes control if the pilot becomes incapacitated. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports on the ...