The UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has recommended the adoption of new standards for tracking aircraft in flight to prevent incidence like the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which went missing without a trace on 8 March 2014.
The ICAO, backed by the more than 850 participants at the United Nations aviation body’s 2015 High-Level Safety Conference, has recommended the adoption of a 15-minute aircraft tracking standard. Concerns over aircraft tracking and risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones were brought to the fore in the wake of the 2014 downing of…
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