MONTREAL (AP) — A United Nations agency is hoping to quickly introduce new measures to keep closer tabs on planes following last year’s disappearance of a flight over Asia.
The International Civil Aviation Organization laid out a proposal Tuesday to improve the tracking of long-haul passenger flights by fall 2015. It also presented delegates at a conference in Montreal with a plan to exchange information about flying over conflict zones.
The high-level meeting, only the second in the ICAO’s 70-year history, was called after a tragic year for air travel. Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries were in attendance.
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