Flight Services Can Automatically Monitor GA Flights, Initiate SAR Efforts Sooner
New updates to the Lockheed Martin Flight Services (LMFS) automation system and Pilot Web Portal will make general aviation safer and more convenient - at no cost to pilots. The Surveillance-Enhanced Search and Rescue service (SE-SAR) allows LMFS to automatically monitor flights and determine if aircraft stop moving, stop reporting their position, or transmit an emergency signal.
The FAA said pilot Keith George violated four FARs during a flight that ended with the Beach B90 he was flying overshooting a runway and landing on an Interstate highway in Surtevant, Wisconsin in October of last year. The FAA notified George that it plans to suspend his Commercial Pilot privileges as a result of the accident, but he is challenging that decision.
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