Aircraft
ICAO Recommends War Zone Database for Airlines
Task force to present plan at high-level safety conference in February
The downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over eastern Ukraine prompted a concerted effort to establish a protocol to warn civil airplanes of conflict zone risks. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
The downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over eastern Ukraine prompted a concerted effort to establish a protocol to warn civil airplanes of conflict zone risks. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

An International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) task force recommended on Tuesday that nations establish a centralized information-sharing system designed to warn airplanes of risks to civil aviation arising from war zones. Created in reaction to the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, the task force said it expects preliminary trials of a European version of the system to largely inform related recommendations. All 298 passengers and crew died as a result of the presumed missile strike.