Originally Posted by
ohnutsiforgot
Already happening. Garmin has released 'Safe Return' (Cirrus) or 'Autoland - Halo' (Piper) which , on button press by passenger, takes over the rest of the flight including weather, navigation, and ATC, lands at nearest suitable airport, and opens the airplane .
However I wonder how it would handle the Miracle on the Hudson scenario.
It would have probable safely landed at Teterboro.