Monday 12 January 2015

Aerospace 8 - Flight Tracking


I read the following in an aerospace journal this morning:

"An International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) working group is recommending that new aircraft delivered after 2020 come equipped with a tracking data broadcast system that sends regular position updates to airline operators, a flight data recorder that automatically deploys (and floats) after a crash and a tamperproof distress reporting unit that will transmit aircraft position and identification to a global network of rescue coordination centers (sic) when unusual attitudes, speeds or accelerations or other triggered events occur.

 Considering that this equipment is already available, do you believe that there is industry pressure against mandatory installation?

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