Automated transmission of aircraft anomalous incident data via preferred transmission modes

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• detect an anomalous incident involving a vehicle on which the system is disposed and that qualifies for reporting relative to a set of anomalous incident reporting criteria;
• identify data collected or communicated by one or more systems onboard the vehicle, wherein such data is relevant to the anomalous incident;
• generate a digest of the data relevant to the anomalous incident;
• detect that the vehicle is in a status that makes available a selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest;
• and
• communicate the digest to a transmission system for transmission from the vehicle via the selected data transmission mode in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the status that makes available the selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest.

A method comprising:

• detecting, with one or more processors of a system disposed on a vehicle, an anomalous incident involving the vehicle and that qualifies for reporting relative to a set of anomalous incident reporting criteria;
• identifying, with the one or more processors, data collected or communicated by one or more systems onboard the vehicle, wherein such data is relevant to the anomalous incident;
• generating, with the one or more processors, a digest of the data relevant to the anomalous incident;
• detecting, with the one or more processors, that the vehicle is in a status that makes available a selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest;
• and
• communicating, with the one or more processors, the digest to a transmission system for transmission from the vehicle via the selected data transmission mode in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the status that makes available the selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon to cause a computing system to:

• detect an anomalous incident involving a vehicle on which the system is disposed and that qualifies for reporting relative to a set of anomalous incident reporting criteria;
• identify data collected or communicated by one or more systems onboard the vehicle, wherein such data is relevant to the anomalous incident;
• generate a digest of the data relevant to the anomalous incident;
• detect that the vehicle is in a status that makes available a selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest;
• and
• communicate the digest to a transmission system for transmission from the vehicle via the selected data transmission mode in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the status that makes available the selected data transmission mode for transmitting the digest.