Abstract: A method for determining a runway to be used for making an emergency landing, implemented in flight by an electronic device on-board an aircraft. The method includes at least one iteration of (i) obtaining, from on-board equipment of the aircraft, data representative of current wind characteristics, at a current altitude of the aircraft, and (ii) determining a runway to be used for the emergency landing, based on data representative of current wind characteristics at current altitude, based on a set of preselected runways, and based on a structure of correlation data between the data representative of wind characteristics at the current altitude and data representative of runways in service on the ground.

Abstract: A method for remotely controlling the flight of an aircraft following a first flight plan, the aircraft includes a communication module connected to a flight management centre of the aircraft, the communication module being suitable for allowing a communication between a terrestrial communication station and the aircraft, the method comprising the following steps: determining, in the terrestrial communication station, an incapacity of the pilot or pilots of the aircraft, using the communication module, receiving a first signal that has been coded using a predetermined code and transmitted by the terrestrial communication station, and then decoding the first signal using the predetermined code, which has previously been stored in the communication module, after the first signal has been decoded, sending, using the communication module, a command to the flight management centre prompting a second flight plan to be followed by the aircraft.