Boeing’s Uninterruptible Autopilot System
March 8th, 2007This is the technology that made the 9/11 spectacles possible in the first place. But now, Boeing is going to peddle those same black boxes to make aircraft “hijack-proof.”
As usual, I couldn’t make it up if I tried.
Via: Evening Standard:
A hijack-proof piloting system for airliners is being developed to prevent terrorists repeating the 9/11 outrages.
The mechanism is designed to make it impossible to crash the aircraft into air or land targets – and enable the plane to be flown by remote control from the ground in the event of an emergency.
Scientists at aircraft giant Boeing are testing the tamper-proof autopilot system which uses state-of-the-art computer and satellite technology.
It will be activated by the pilot flicking a simple switch or by pressure sensors fitted to the cockpit door that will respond to any excessive force as terrorists try to break into the flight deck.
Once triggered, no one on board will be able to deactivate the system. Currently, all autopilots are manually switched on and off at the discretion of pilots.
The so-called ‘uninterruptible autopilot system’ – patented secretly by Boeing in the US last week – will connect ground controllers and security services with the aircraft using radio waves and global satellite positioning systems.
After it has been activated, the aircraft will be capable of remote digital control from the ground, enabling operators to fly it like a sophisticated model plane, manoeuvring it vertically and laterally.
A threatened airliner could be flown to a secure military base or a commercial airport, where it would touch down using existing landing aids known as ‘autoland function’.
After it had landed, the aircraft’s built-in autobrake would bring the plane safely to a halt on the runway.
Boeing insiders say the new anti-hijack kit could be fitted to airliners all over the world, including those in the UK, within the next three years.
The latest move to combat airline terrorists follows The Mail on Sunday’s disclosure three weeks ago that scientists in Britain and Germany are developing a passenger-monitoring device.
This will use tiny cameras linked to specialist computers to record every twitch, blink, facial expression or suspicious movement made on board flights in order to identify potential terrorists.
A Boeing spokesman said : “We are constantly studying ways we can enhance the safety, security and efficiency of the world’s airline fleet.
“There is a need in the industry for a technique that conclusively prevents unauthorised persons gaining access to the controls and threatening the safety of passengers.
“Once this system is initiated, no one on board is capable of controlling the flight, making it useless for anyone to threaten violence in order to gain control.”
Hey, once they implement this, there won’t be such a need for invasive airport security, right?
RIGHT?
(crickets chirping). Eery silence.
Nah, of course not. We’ll still need to be strip-searched for our own safety.
A cynical, suspicious person (Who? Me?) might well wonder if this technology has been around for quite some time.
Some sources I’ve read mention pretty fancy maneuvering by Flight 77.
This is stupid to think it will prevent hijackings. You can, with enough determination, hijack damned near anything. Trains, cars, busses, ships, derigibles, corporate jets, you name it.
The reality is, the State cannot prevent crime. It’s real goal is to force conformity upon the masses.
Selling these high-tech “security systems” may fool some people, but their also not very bright.
I KNEW I shoulda reported that dood sitting next to me on my flight outa LAX. He twitched, he blinked, his facial expression was, like “eeewwww” when he saw his dinner tray. And he was reading this huge book by von Miser, or someone, instead of People Magazine like everyone else. Very suspicious.
US military target aircraft and drones used in weapons and radar testing have been remove-flown (via radio) for decades.
This is no different. In fact, the British had a remote controlled version of the Tiger Moth biplane as far back as the 1930’s, for use as a gunnery target (known as the Queen Bee).
This technology got a patent last year, although it’s probably been in “development” for a longer time.
It is the most logical explanation for how Flight 77 was steered into the nearly empty part of the Pentagon, and why there is such a large disinformation campaign to bait the “truth movement” with fanciful claims that the plane didn’t hit the building (even though it really did).