Aviation Industry Pursuing Flight-Tracking Options After Malaysia Airlines Incident
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In the wake of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 incident, the global aviation industry doesn't have to start from scratch, but has numerous enhanced flight-tracking options in development.
In its latest update from the Global Annual Meeting in Doha, IATA confirmed that the Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) may deliver draft options for enhanced global aircraft tracking to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as soon as September, and will present options to the industry before the end of this year.
The task force, which IATA established after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, is to develop recommendations to improve global flight tracking. IATA invited ICAO and "key stakeholders" in the aviation industry to joint the task force and held the first meeting on May 13, 2014.
Included in the ATTF are representatives from IATA, ICAO, Airlines for America, Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organizatio
