Accidents
Flight Tracking Industry Set To Evolve Rapidly
More than four years since MH370 disappeared, ICAO’s 15-minute normal tracking interval mandate goes into effect on November 8.

Daniel Baker, FlightAware CEO, believes big data and artificial intelligence are the future of flight tracking.
Daniel Baker, FlightAware CEO, believes big data and artificial intelligence are the future of flight tracking.

The flight-tracking industry is set not only to allow operators to meet ICAO’s deadlines for normal and distress tracking (the former is November 8 this year), but also to evolve rapidly to provide powerful new capabilities. The industry's commercial prospects have been boosted by requirements mandated for aircraft operators by ICAO’s Global Aeronautical Distress & Safety System (GADSS) following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in March 2014. 


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