I don't know about planes or automatic pilot, but a review of the flight path looks like the plane was returning to its point of origin.
Is it possible that the autopilot can detect if nobody is at the controls and return the plane to its origin in an emergency?
The fact that DC was on the flight path back to its Virginia origination is coincidental.
-PJ
Its’ origination point was Not Va
But Tenn
AND how was it supposed to land with an unconscious pilot??
look at the flight path. The original flight path had turns. the auto pilot was following way points. when it reached the final waypoint, it didn’t know where to go, so it stayed on the last path.
Also, the citation is single pilot certified, so a single pilot incapacitated, would be an issue. As a former corporate pilot, I will never understand why someone would spend millions for the jet and then not pay for two pilots.