Directed toward universal commercial-airliner application as an
air/ground-lifesaving function, this cost-effective retrofitable system
enables airliner-pilots to conveniently actuate an inconspicuous
AIRCIA.TM./enable-switch,--thereby instantly disabling onboard
flight-commands to render the airliner's guidance-system irretrievably
placed into total reliance upon its existing autopilot-system in
RF-communication with encrypted remote ground/air-intercept personnel.
Acting to virtually confound any criminal-attempt by a hijacker to
commandeer an airliner, the airliner thus becomes flown only as directed
by an authorized remote/flight-control station in cooperation with the
airliner's remotely-reprogrammed onboard avionics-system, automatically
vectoring the airliner to land safely via the existing
avionics/autopilot-system at a designated airport. The AIRCIA.TM.-system
is initially verified for flight-worthiness operation upon every routine
preflight/check-list procedure, its master ECU/restore-switch being
accessible externally of the aircraft-interior. Support-system options
include SmartCard.RTM.-interfacing, and automatic is engagement of
AIRCIA.TM.-system in event of natural-cause pilot-incapacitation, and
ATI(automatic/tranquil-Infusion) which introduces tranquilizing-gas into
the airliner's entire interior.
