DENVER (KDVR) — A plane equipped with an emergency autonomous landing system landed itself over the weekend at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport after a supposed emergency, but fire officials who responded say it’s “unclear” why as no patients were treated at the scene.
A King Air 200, which had departed from the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, landed at the Jefferson County airport at about 1:45 p.m. on Saturday using technology company Garmin’s Autoland system, which takes over the plane’s controls in an emergency when the pilot is unable to safely land the plane.
Original report: Autonomous system successfully lands plane at RMMA
The company had confirmed on Sunday to FOX31 that the plane did have an “emergency Autoland activation” and called it a “successful landing.” The plane did land safely, however, North Metro Fire Rescue on Monday said during its crews’ response to the landing that no patients were treated at the scene or needed transportation to the hospital.
“It’s unclear at this time why the plane’s emergency system was activated,” North Metro Fire officials said in a statement. “No patients were treated on scene or transported to local hospitals.”…