The incident occurred at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Colorado. A small plane landed itself safely at a Colorado airport in what marked the first-ever use of Garmin's Autoland system in an ...

A Beechcraft King Air 200 equipped with Garmin’s Emergency Autoland system made a fully autonomous landing at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Colorado after an in-flight emergency. This is the ...

There are millions of things and events that can bring an airplane down, but none of them seem as definitive as an incapacitated pilot. That's because, no matter how technologically advanced an ...

An air charter company involved with the first full emergency use of Garmin’s Autoland system has revealed more details about the 20 December event, including that the pilots were not incapacitated ...

This Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system during a flight Dec. 20, 2025. Credit: Buffalo River Aviation A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to ...

A small plane made a safe emergency landing at a Colorado airport using Garmin’s Autoland system, which takes control if the pilot becomes incapacitated. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports on the ...

A plane landed at Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their ...

An emergency autopilot from Garmin took over the flight controls of a Beechcraft King Air B200 on December 20th, guiding it to a landing. According to new findings, this was due to a rapid drop in ...

A twin-engine turboprop aircraft landed itself at a Colorado airport on Saturday after a sudden cabin failure — a first-of-its-kind emergency touchdown carried out entirely by an automated flight ...

An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer. Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Two people walked off a plane Saturday after it landed itself at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. The plane took off from Aspen and the Autoland system was triggered shortly ...