After the sad incident of September 11, 2001, air travel security concerns are catching pace.
This has made companies to like Boeing to develop a foolproof mechanism to prevent any further incidents.
The company has already patented the project. The system goes like this: If anyone tries to force entry into the cockpit a special ‘Uninterruptible Autopilot System‘ can be activated either manually or using remote sensors that can be placed on the cockpit doors. Once the system is activated ground authorities will take full control of the plane and would eliminate any possibility of terrorists using the aircraft as a deadly missile.
Once activated the system cannot be reversed until the airliner reaches safe grounds. Ground controllers can also guide the plane to its destination via remote controls and GPS systems and even land the aircraft using the existing ‘autoland function’.
Boeing also claims that the company will make the system available in the next three years after which it can be fitted to airliners throughout the world.
Via: engadget
Comments
Will they also develope a remote-controlled gun that can be fitted somewhere inside the planes and fired at the hijacking terrorists without hurting anyone else? As long as the hijackers are alive there is no use landing the plane at a place of our choice. The passengers and the crew will be still at risk.
HI Rmpraj,
Making a remote controlled gun that can aim only at terrorists and not on anyone else is a very difficult task... moreover the anti-hijack system is developed so that hijacked planes cannot be used as a missile as on 11/9/01. Maybe some more alterations to the systems may make them a bit more secure for the passengers.
that probably will be as effective as Boeing plans to be..perhaps for the upcoming years, that will certainly be available to cars too..would that be possible? or should i say an anti-theft system..how about its radiator? demands of daily driving operations should be crafted w/ high grade and durable materials to ensure product longevity and dependable service..h0pe that will be certainly available to infiniti cars(infiniti g20 radiator)..
This invention already existed and was in used during the events of 9/11. The CVR’s or Cockpit Voice Recorders recovered from the Pittsburgh and Pentagon crash site indicated the audio tape was blank. Reasoning behind this indicates remote access to the aircrafts by a program known as Home Run. Home Run allows ground stations to control the aircraft by remote yet the signal once activated overrides the transponder signal and cuts off its existing audio transmission. Those engaged in the Home Run program however can monitor the conversations within the cockpit. The terrorists of 9/11 were given the red carpet to hijack the airliners yet the wizard behind the curtain directed the aircrafts by remote to their perspective targets. Personally I believe we have a splinter group within the government that utilizes certain groups for profit. Ask yourself what corporation stood to benefit the most from the events of 9/11, the answer is clearly BlackWater, mercenaries recruited as former Special Operation Force members, C.I.A. operatives, N.S.A. field agents ect... The Director of BlackWater Operations is former Directorate of the C.I.A., serving in the position during 9/11.