Historic First: Garmin Autoland Saves King Air in Crisis
It was the scenario every pilot fears and every passenger dreads: an in-flight emergency leaving the cockpit compromised. But this time, the outcome was different. In a historic first, a King Air 200 utilized the Garmin Autoland system to navigate, communicate, and land entirely on its own, marking the first time autonomous landing tech has resolved a bona fide crisis in the wild.