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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Christophe Caillaud, Blagnac, FR;
Christophe Caillaud, Blagnac, FR;
Thales, , FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to assistance in the navigation of an aircraft in the cruising phase, particularly in an emergency rerouting situation. The invention relates to a method of assisting in the choice of rerouting airports for an aircraft having a position P and a speed V.: generating A first list LACof airport names Ais generated. The first list LAChas N airport names, with i being an index between 1 and N which uniquely identifies an airport that an organization operating the aircraft chooses as a relevant destination. A number m is determined which is a minimum between a predefined number M and the number N. M airport names are presented from the first list LACto an operator of the aircraft in a predefined order.