ICARUS

ICARUS - Aircraft Crash Detection System

The goal with ICARUS was to produce a program that would "think" like an NRAT analyst. What are measurable things that are in the real-time data we receive that indicate a possible crash? The system looks at over ten "factors" at the end of a track; some the pilot has control over, and some are environmental.  When every track drops, the data is run through a scoring matrix, to see if it scores high enough to produce an alert.

In the example above, this track scored a high score of 730 points.  The video shows the flight path of the track, a Cessna turbo Skymaster, on a "must get there" flight to Louisiana for a wedding.  They made several attempts to penetrate a line of thunderstorms, which ultimately led to an in-flight breakup.

*** ICARUS is undergoing a major upgrade to cut down on false alerts.