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Old 20th Jun 2006, 19:47
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Lowly SLF / PPL comment, so forgive me...

Originally Posted by Ultralights
my question is, what if there is NO response from all 3 crew response alarms? and both crew members are actually incapacitated?? what does the aircraft do then? will it automatically issue a PAN or Mayday call?
Could another special transponder code be assigned to this - and have the crew response alarms automagically get it to squawk whatever so that there is an external indication of the problem.

Of course, this may be such a rare event as to not warrant it, but that seems easier to me than an automatic pan or mayday which would require some robotic voice on the radio.

Paul.
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