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Old 6th Jun 2023, 02:17
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Originally Posted by whitav8r
Aircraft should come equipped with Garmin emergency Autoland that could safely do an emergency descent while knowing the height of terrain below as well as nearest airport location for the landing. Safest thing especially for single pilot.
Apparently you don’t understand that requires an entirely different set of avionics and certification?
A Citation of this vintage does not have quick donning oxygen masks unless retrofitted.
The listed owners have two aircraft, a twin turboprop and the C560.
I’m guessing they had a single pilot flying both aircraft for this family under the less stringent regulations of 14 CFR Part 91.
This was either a medical event or a (de)pressurization issue.
Autopilot went into HDG hold after overflying the last fix in the flightplan followed by the destination.
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