Data Link Will Help Locate Downed Aircraft Faster
Astrium Star Airborne Data Service is at the Dubai Air Show promoting a new air-to-ground link that can help located downed aircraft faster.

Astrium Star Airborne Data Service is at the Dubai Air Show promoting a new air-to-ground link that is designed to be faster and more relevant to airline safety economics, while also playing an important role in accident recovery and investigation.

The UK-based company, which is a partnership between EADS subsidiary Astrium and Star Navigation of Toronto, Canada, hopes this equipment will become mandatory for use in events such as the Air France 447 crash, when it took almost two years to find the wreckage of an Airbus A330. Indeed, the system can stream position data via satellite, said Paul Fisher, who is responsible for the firm’s design authority.

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