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Old 22nd August 2005 | 18:57
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ETOPS773
 
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On a Fly By Wire aircraft its a matter of designing a standard procedure / protocol and designing systems integration.

The best one could hope for is ATC activating a emergency subsystem onboard the aircraft ,which would take the aircraft to the destination transmitting a special ssr code, slowing the aircraft down, calculating fuel on board to match flap and throttle setting, getting it on the ILS and stopping aircraft on runway and shutting down engines so it can be towed away.

Doing this on a A340 or 777 would be alot easier than a 767 or 737-200 as the systems are so much more mature.
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