Method for autonomous controlling of a remote controlled aerial vehicle and corresponding system

A method for autonomous controlling of a remote controlled aerial vehicle in which a human pilot is onboard the aerial vehicle, wherein a flight operator commands the aerial vehicle from ground via a command and control chain, comprising the steps of:

• initializing a wireless data link between the aerial vehicle and an aerial vehicle ground segment located on ground, the data link being part of the command and control chain;
• using the wireless data link to perform at least one wireless data communication between the aerial vehicle and the aerial vehicle ground segment such that the flight operator remotely commands the aerial vehicle using the wireless data link;
• determining an operation condition of the wireless data link during the use of the wireless data link to remotely command the aerial vehicle;
• issuing at least one autonomous controlling command, if, as a result of the determining, a loss of the wireless data link is determined, wherein the at least one autonomous command issued comprises at least one of go around procedures or a vertical change in elevation;
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• controlling the aerial vehicle according to the issued autonomous controlling command;
• wherein the step of determining the operation condition of the wireless data link during the use of the wireless data link comprises determining whether the human pilot onboard the aerial vehicle activates a data link failure command indicating loss of the wireless data link when the ground segment previously has had at least a partial control of the aerial vehicle via the wireless data link.