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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Andrew Muirhead, Norderstedt, DE;
Henry Starke, Ellerbeck, DE;
Andrew Muirhead, Norderstedt, DE;
Henry Starke, Ellerbeck, DE;
Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for audio, video and/or data communication between a ground station and an aircraft, having at least one communications channel and a monitoring device provided on board the aircraft includes at least one audio, video or flight data recording apparatus or combinations thereof, which can be activated either from on board the aircraft or by remote control from the ground station. The recording apparatus can be deactivated by remote control from the ground station and/or from on board the aircraft when it is on the ground. The arrangement also includes a memory for the data from the recording apparatus and a transmission apparatus for transmitting data from the recording apparatus and/or data read from the memory to the ground station. The transmission apparatus uses at least one communications channel in the arrangement for audio and/or video and/or data communication between the ground station and the aircraft.