Aircraft emergency landing route system

摘要

A method and apparatus for managing a landing site for an aircraft is presented. The landing site is selected from a group of landing sites. A description is communicated to a platform about a state of the aircraft along a route of the aircraft over time to the landing site. The aircraft is flown to the landing site using the description of the state of the aircraft along the route of the aircraft over time.

主权项

1. A method for managing a landing site for an aircraft, the method comprising:
selecting, using a navigation tool, the landing site from a group of landing sites; determining, using a routing tool, a touchdown point on the landing site; growing, using the routing tool, a spanning tree comprising a minimum cost path up from the touchdown point to an origin point in the air; computing, using the routing tool, a route from a current location of the aircraft to the origin point, the route being four-dimensional; communicating, to a platform, a description of a state of the aircraft along the route of the aircraft over time to the landing site; and flying the aircraft to the landing site using the description of the state of the aircraft along the route of the aircraft over time.