Automated datalink alert and alternate advisory system
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1. A method of managing an aircraft in flight, comprising:
- accessing via a data engine a data structure stored in a forecast weather database and a data structure stored in a current weather database;
compiling via the data engine the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database;
processing via the data engine the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database to detect for a presence of a threat object along a flight path of the aircraft and at a destination airport of the aircraft; and
electronically generating an alert when the presence of the threat object is detected, the alert including information enabling air traffic control (ATC), flight dispatch, and a pilot of the aircraft to make a collaborative flight path correction decision that prevents the aircraft from being affected by the threat object.
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Abstract
A method of managing an aircraft in flight may include electronically monitoring for a presence of a threat object along a flight path of the aircraft and at a destination airport of the aircraft, and electronically generating an alert when the presence of the threat object is detected. The alert may include information enabling air traffic control (ATC), flight dispatch, and a pilot of the aircraft to make a collaborative flight path correction decision that may prevent the aircraft from being affected by the threat object.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of managing an aircraft in flight, comprising:
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accessing via a data engine a data structure stored in a forecast weather database and a data structure stored in a current weather database; compiling via the data engine the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database; processing via the data engine the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database to detect for a presence of a threat object along a flight path of the aircraft and at a destination airport of the aircraft; and electronically generating an alert when the presence of the threat object is detected, the alert including information enabling air traffic control (ATC), flight dispatch, and a pilot of the aircraft to make a collaborative flight path correction decision that prevents the aircraft from being affected by the threat object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for managing an aircraft in flight, comprising:
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a forecast weather database configured to store and update a first data structure comprising information required to safely operate the aircraft; a current weather database configured to store and update a second data structure comprising information required to safely operate the aircraft; and an alert and alternate advisory system communicably coupled to the forecast weather database and the current weather database, the alert and alternate advisory system configured to; access via a data engine the first data structure stored in the forecast weather database and the second data structure stored in the current weather database; compile via the data engine the first data structure of the forecast weather database and the second data structure of the current weather database; process via the data engine the first data structure of the forecast weather database and the second data structure of the current weather database to detect for a threat object along a flight path of the aircraft and at a destination airport of the aircraft; and issue an alert to air traffic control (ATC), flight dispatch, and a pilot of the aircraft when the threat object is detected, the alert including information permitting the ATC, the flight dispatch, and the pilot of the aircraft to make a collaborative decision that prevents the aircraft from being affected by the threat object, the threat object being an impediment to normal or safe flight operation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of managing an aircraft in flight, comprising:
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implementing, in an automated alert and alternate advisory system comprising a data engine, at least one rule defining one or more conditions that must be satisfied in order to safely operate the aircraft, the one or more conditions being pertinent to one or more identified relevant threat objects along a flight path of the aircraft or at a destination airport of the aircraft; accessing via the data engine a data structure stored in a forecast weather database and a data structure stored in a current weather database; compiling via the data engine the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database; processing via the data engine, and based on the at least one rule, the data structure of the forecast weather database and the data structure of the current weather database to detect for a presence of the one or more identified relevant threat objects along the flight path of the aircraft and at the destination airport of the aircraft; and issuing, using the automated alert and alternate advisory system, an alert to air traffic control (ATC), flight dispatch, and a pilot of the aircraft when the one or more conditions defined by the at least one rule are not satisfied, the alert including information enabling the ATC, the flight dispatch, and the pilot of the aircraft to make a collaborative decision that prevents the aircraft from being affected by the one or more identified relevant threat objects. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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