Method and system of fault detection for an aircraft

An aircraft, comprising:

• sensors monitoring components on the aircraft;
• processor circuitry forming at least one processor arranged to operate by:
• generating sensor parameter data by using the sensors;
• analyzing the sensor parameter data to determine if one of the components has a fault;
• generating fault data in the form of a fault tree indicating the type of fault;
• automatically transmitting the fault data without a user on the aircraft initiating the transmission;
• and
• receiving a fault confirmation transmission that provides an alert that confirms the fault exists and the type of fault or indicates the fault is a false positive.

A system, comprising:

• an aircraft, comprising:
• sensors monitoring components on the aircraft;
• memory;
• and
• first processor circuitry forming at least one first processor communicatively coupled to the sensors and the memory, and being arranged to operate by:
• generating sensor parameter data by using the sensors,
• analyzing the sensor parameter data to determine if one of the components has a fault,
• generating fault data in the form of a fault tree indicating the type of fault, and
• automatically transmitting the fault data including a fault tree code and without a user on the aircraft initiating the transmission;
• and
• a remote system remote from the aircraft, comprising:
• memory;
• and
• second processor circuitry forming at least one second processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and being arranged to operate by:
• receiving the fault data and decoding the fault tree code,
• analyzing the fault data to confirm whether the fault data correctly indicates the type of fault exists, and
• transmitting instructions to the aircraft to perform or not perform an act related to the fault.