IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

摘要

Its concept is simple: Tell someone where you're going, how you plan to get there, and when you expect to arrive. That way, if you don't show up, the cavalry can be dispatched. Flight plans are filed, opened, and finally closed. The filing is simply the creation of the plan. It can be filed the old-fashioned way with a phone call to Flight Service; by using a computer to file one online with the same folks; or by using an aviation app such as Garmin Pilot or ForeFlight as an intermediary. Once you are ready to go, or in the air, you open-or activate-the plan by phone, radio, or perhaps by simply tapping a button in an app. You close the flight plan on arrival at your destination. If you don't close your plan at the other end because of an off-airport emergency landing or crash, searchers will know two things: Where to start looking for you, and the fact that they need to look for you in the first place.