MONTREAL – A top official with the International Civil Aviation Organization says new rules on the horizon for tracking of commercial aircraft would have made a difference in the search for a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared mysteriously last year.ICAO member states threw their support behind a new standard whereby a commercial aircraft would be tracked every 15 minutes during normal operations when flying over oceanic or remote areas, and every minute if that aircraft is in distress.Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, head of the ICAO Council, says that would have helped in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went …read more
Source: National Newswatch
