"Two capable King Air pilots leaned on the Garmin robot and declined to turn it off."
Ian Petchenik's updated Flightradar24 report reproduces Buffalo River Aviation's account of the December 20, 2025 incident. Both pilots remained alert and capable of controlling the aircraft after the depressurization event but deliberately kept the automatically activated Autoland system engaged while monitoring its operation. This is the real-world case at the center of the section's discussion of human oversight and automation.
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