Methods and systems for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft (20). An example system includes position and information systems (26, 30), an automatic flight control system (36), a database (32), and a processor (22). The database includes terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and protected airspace data. The processor determines if one of a caution alert exists based on data stored in the database and information received from the position and information systems. Autorecovery instructions are generated and sent to the automatic flight control system if no positive flight control input has been performed at time of expiration of a waiting period. Auto-recovery instructions are generated based on an analysis of two or more auto-recovery routes. The system does not perform auto-recovery if components of the system fail to meet a predefined validity or integrity level.
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