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   By Sy Levine The Fatal Crash Once Again Shows The Need To Utilize The Black Box Data In Real-time

   Commercial aviation if it utilizes the black box data in real-time will make flying safer and more economical. The black box should not only be used in the autopsy mode but should be used proactively to decrease the cost of flying and the fatal crashes. Planes should also have a remote copilot in addition to the on-board for safety and economy.

   A year prior to 9/11 at the International Aviation Safety Association meeting in New York, methods for preventing crashes like golfer Payne Stewart’s decompression crash were proposed. None of these methods were implemented by the aviation industry and we got 9/11 (hijacking is about ten percent of aviation fatalities) and the 2005, 100 fatality, Helios decompression crash. When a plane deviates from its approved flight plan, we now have the ability to securely take remote control of it and land it safely at a designated airfield. We presently have remote pilot vehicles (RPVs) flying over Afghanistan that are controlled/piloted from continental United States (CONUS). Currently we are utilizing secure high bandwidth communication networks (for our RPVs, submarines, AWACS planes, etc.) and there isn't a logical reason for not making that technology available for cargo and carrier aircraft. The cost of 9/11 alone is ten times the cost of putting in a safe system and yet nothing has intentionally been done.
   When a plane decompresses there is a good possibility that if we remotely bring it down in altitude to a point where there is sufficient oxygen and fly it remotely for 15 minutes, the pilot and passengers may regain consciousness. At that time the control of the aircraft could be returned to the pilot or remotely landing it to save the lives of the people who are onboard. This would have saved the lives of those aboard Helios.
   Too many crashes are listed as pilot error when they are a direct result of a lack of visibility brought on by not sharing the digital flight data/Black Box in real-time to provide the necessary situation awareness. Many of the fatal in-air crashes fall into the same category. For example there was a crash where a plane ran out of fuel over JFK. The controller thought the pilot had more fuel left and the pilot who said his fuel was low didn’t use the correct emergency verbiage. Since the fuel supply is another black box input there is no reason why a red light, similar to the one on everyone’s car, doesn’t light up on the ATC display. The red low fuel light would reduce the controller’s work load and increase his situation awareness so that the people aboard a flight similar to the one that crashed would now live. Using the Black Box data decreases the work load of the pilot the air traffic controller as well as increases their situation awareness. By the lack of sharing the already digitized data in real-time we have egregiously curtailed the use of automation and expert systems technology for the prevention of crashes, increased the cost of flying and jeopardized our national security. The real-time use and sharing of the DFDR data to prevent crashes is more important then its present post mortem autopsy mode of operation.
   By the use of expert systems the problems aboard Air France Flight 447 would have been automatically recognized and with one second provided the pilots with the method to safely handle the situation and thus prevented the fatal crash. We do this for our astronauts (that is how they got back from the moon) and there is not technical reason for not providing this to the travelling public. The flight recorder data can be transmitted every second to the ground giving the planes position, velocity and attitude. Getting to the crash site quickly and efficiently can in many cases save lives. This technology has been available for over ten years and hasn’t been pushed by the NTSB, FAA or Airline Association since they felt that the few crashes per year failed their economic analysis. So they have flagrantly let it drop. Yet when we review all of the economies that this technology brings to aviation the reverse is true.
   So now, 3/8/2014, we have the breaking news that a Malaysia Airlines, Flight MH370, Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 239 people is missing. Another plane down, like Air France Flight 447 and we are going through the same problems that could have been solved over ten years ago.

   The already digitized data used in real-time allows the use of automated expert systems to check many of an aircraft’s sensors prior to, and during, a flight to assure that everything is functioning correctly without having a person in the loop. When a malfunction is detected it can automatically inform the pilot and ATC as to the best way to work a round a malfunction. Using cross checks and correlation most of the sensors can be checked and work a round’s provided to the flight deck crew for safe transportation. It will also automatically notify the ground operational center of expected malfunctions and the safest work a round’s using a history file that should be followed. By so doing, the pilot’s work load will be reduced and his performance enhanced. Also, it would save the time and cost of retrieving the recorder data and analyzing it (see AirFrance, flight 447, 228 fatality crash into the Atlantic in 2009). It would also assure that the recording data is correct since it would be automatically checked the performance data at flight time and during the flight (this could prevent some of the fatal crashes).

   Sy Levine Sr. Life Member of the IEEE
   sylevine1@sbcglobal.net
   For more info on this subject see the following link:
   http://www.safelander.com
   A small portion of the references
   International Symposium on Transportation Recorders

   National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
   International Symposium on Transportation Recorders May 3 – 5, 1999, Arlington, Virginia. Reducing Highway Deaths and Disabilities with Automatic Wireless

   The Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder and Advisory Telemetry System, RAFT, And It’s Ability
   to Reduce Fatal Air Accidents by 78% While Enhancing Air Space Capacity, Operational
   Efficiency and Aircraft Security
   Sy Levine ....................................................................................................................... 247-270

   SafeLander

   SAFELANDER provides a method of safely operating aircraft, equipped with a Flight Control Unit, Instrument Landing System, and Autopilot, remotely from the ...
   Sy Levine and Leslie Lenell (Levine)

   The website includes references to many crashes that could have been prevented and has the:

   Dutch Article on Sy Levine’s work with an English translation:
   The Dutch Magazine De Ingenieur
   reviewed Sy Levine's
   Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder and Advisory Telemetry System (RAFT)
   and
   SAFELANDER in the October 30th 2009 Edition
   1. The End of the Black Box: There's a Better Way to Capture Plane ...
   http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_blackboxes/all/‎
   Wired
   Jun 28, 2011 – A flight data recorder at the L-3 Aviation Recorders testing facility...... Levine, together with his wife, has patented a system he calls Safelander ... to takeremote control of airplanes in flight—something, he points out, that could ...
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   Sy Levine was formerly Chief Engineer of Northorp's Electronic Division and holds fifteen patents, ranging from inertial navigation through holography. One early patent was for the first commercial inertial navigation system, INS, which was put aboard Pan American aircraft. It dramatically changed commercial aircraft navigation and safety. The INS is presently used on all large commercial aircraft. He was also the chief scientist aboard the USS Ethan Allen submarine – the one used in “The Hunt for Red October”- during its maiden voyage. Mr. has been a guest lecturer for the Institute of Navigation (ION) and has authored numerous papers and patents including:
   • 1995 NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (AGARD) chapter on "Astro-Inertial Navigation Systems";
   • November 1998, 17th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) paper, "The Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder and Advisory Telemetry System and its Application to Unifying the Total Digital Avionics System". It won the best session paper award;
   • May 1999, National Transportation Board (NTSB) Symposium on Transportation Recorders paper, "RAFT And Its Ability to Reduce the Fatal Air Accidents by 78 % While Enhancing Air Space Capacity, Operational Efficiency and Aircraft Security";
   • November 2000, 1st International Aircraft Safety Association Symposium, N.Y. paper, "The Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder and Advisory Telemetry System, RAFT, Can Substantially Reduce Fatal Air Accidents While Enhancing Air Space Capacity, Operational Efficiency and Aircraft Security";
   • 1997 & 2002 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology section on "Startrackers";
   • August 2006 US Patent No. 7099752, “SAFELANDER”, Lenell and Levine. This patent drastically decreases the cost of flying, substantially reduces aircraft crashes and can prevent a 9/11 recurrence;
   • October 2007, 26th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) paper, "An Onboard Pilot & Remote Copilot for Aviation Safety, Security and Cost Savings". It won the best session paper award;
   • May 2008, IEEE, AESS, SYSTEMS Magazine paper, “Onboard Pilot & Remote Copilot for Aviation Safety, Security and Cost Reduction"
   • April 2009, Advanced Avionics Conference in Montreal, Canada, “Emerging Technology Provides Cost Reduction While Enhancing Aviation Safety and Security”
   In the July 1999 issue of “AVIONICS” the Managing Editor, David Evans, wrote an article on Sy Levine’s patented system “RAFT”. The Managing Editor of “AIR SAFETY WEEK” featured RAFT in the May 10, 1999 and June 28, 1999 issues. Mr. Levine stated, “Using telemetry to obtain the information going to the flight recorders in real-time will prevent the vast majority of aviation related fatalities”. Mr. Levine's work was featured on the May 2000, BBC channel 4 television show "The Black Box". This TV show, in which Mr. Levine appeared in, was rebroadcast throughout the world. His work on aviation safety and security was presented on radio station KPFK, SAFELANDER is presently patented in the US and China.
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