Originally Posted by
Wingless Walrus
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The Auto-GCAS (Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System) is an automatic system that, once installed and activated on a plane, monitors the flight parameters: to make it simple, when predictive algorithms and computer software determine that altitude, speed, attitude, GPS position, terrain are such that the CFIT [Controlled Flight Into Terrain] is imminent, the A-GCAS automatically (without pilot initiation) sends inputs to the flight controls to recover the plane.
Unless you have the gear down...
