Re:A plausible explanation for MH370
by oh_sigh on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @03:30AM
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Why wouldn't the autopilot take it to at least near the airport? Also, does autopilot continue to work if the listed sensors go offline?
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An autopilot can perform an instrument landing, however this does require some preparation of the flight crew (e.g. setting the right frequencies for ILS, reducing airspeed, deploy landing-gear, flaps, apply brakes + thrust reversers).
So simply guiding it to the nearest (suitable) airport would not make a big difference.