Narrator: Autopilot isn't as "auto" as you might think. There's no robot that sits in the pilot seat and mashes buttons while the real pilot takes a nap. It's just a flight-control system that ...

In recent decades, airplanes have become increasingly automated, with the now-commonplace autopilot function dating back to 1912. Meanwhile on the car front, even though it was technically ...

Neither pilot of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 noticed that the aircraft was descending from its assigned altitude during a ...

Autopilot is used on nearly every flight, but it’s not obvious just what it does. American Airlines Capt. Sonya Laxo explains the tech behind autopilot, how it’s used and why it isn’t really ...

A RYANAIR plane came within seconds of hitting a helicopter — as the captain did not realise the autopilot was off. The aircraft, carrying 172 passengers, was approaching Stansted Airport at ...

An Automatic Flight Control System or Autopilot as we know it is made up of three main parts. A flight monitoring computer, high speed processors and a series of sensors placed on different parts ...

The Ryanair flight from Szczecin, Poland, came within just 300ft of the helicopter before the captain took back control ...

While the concept of automotive “autopilots” are still in their infancy, pretty much any aircraft larger than an ultralight will have some mechanism to at least hold a fixed course and altitude.

Growth in air travel, increase in the order of new aircraft from developing countries, and growth in advancements in the electric and hybrid aircraft drive the global autopilot system ...