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AssigneesAirbus SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
InventorsNicolas Caule, Jacques Rosay, Patrice Rouquette, Emmanuel Cortet, Francois Melin, Pascale Louise, Sylvain Devineau
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An aircraft ground or sea approach anomaly detection method. The method includes the steps of characterizing a flight phase of the aircraft, determining a prohibited flight envelope, defining a set of prohibited vertical speeds of the aircraft for given altitudes in relation to the ground or the sea, as a function of the flight phase of the aircraft characterized, and detecting a ground approach anomaly of the aircraft as a function of a current vertical speed and altitude in relation to the ground or the sea of the aircraft, in relation to the prohibited flight envelope determined.
A method for the detection of aircraft descent anomaly, comprising the steps:
A system for the detection of aircraft descent anomaly, comprising a processing unit configured to characterize a flight phase of the aircraft, said characterization comprising at least one of detecting a position of a throttle lever of the aircraft, determining the variation of a thrust parameter of the aircraft, comparing the current speed of the aircraft to a minimum speed control threshold and detecting the absence of a landing runway near the aircraft, the processing unit also being configured to determine a prohibited flight envelope, defining a set of prohibited vertical speeds of the aircraft for given altitudes, as a function of the flight phase of the aircraft characterized, and detecting a descent anomaly of the aircraft as a function of a current vertical speed and altitude of the aircraft, in relation to the prohibited flight envelope determined.
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