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Airlines Mixed on IATA Flight Tracking Recommendations
Recommendations on tamper-proofing systems meet with skepticism
IATA director general Tony Tyler (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by World Travel & Tourism Council)
IATA director general Tony Tyler (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by World Travel & Tourism Council)

A task force report on flight tracking submitted at the beginning of the week by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) met with mixed reaction from airlines, several of which refused to fully endorse its recommendations. The report, which addresses ICAO’s call for a set of priorities and an action plan to track airplanes in distress following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, recommends a set of performance criteria for establishing what ICAO calls a Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) within a year.


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