Capvermell
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There isn't a solution.
Yes there is:-
Your solution(s) are decades away from being technically feasible, let alone financially acceptable.
For instance:
and an auto land sequence to land the aircraft at the nearest commercial airport with a long off runway
would require huge infrastructure investments.
We are far from any aircraft being able to truly "autoland". Today's aircraft can land without a pilot manipulating the flying controls in the landing phase, but require 100% interaction, monitoring and potential intervention from the crew in the approach and landing phase.
if the threat is perceived to be large and significant enough and there is also the political will to force the manufacturers and the airlines to do it.
This I agree with - we are far from meeting either of those factors IMO.