Inwake of the series of air crashes, member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommended the adoption of a new...
The new standard will be the foundation stone for global flight tracking and the future implementation of the more comprehensive ICAO Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS).
The new measure is expected to reduces the search area to about 100 nautical miles for an aircraft which was cruising at a normal speed of 470kt.
ICAO is aiming to bring the recommendations into force in November 2016. This applies only to remote areas which are not covered by surveillance by air traffic services.
The concept of operations for the GADSS was developed by ICAO over 2014, subsequent to the disappearance of flight MH370.
It calls for a three-tiered approach for global aircraft tracking over the long-term, covering normal, abnormal and distress conditions.
New measures to improve search and rescue in the event of a aircrash include live streaming of flight data and ejectable black box.
Currently, Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) are employed by some airlines to update aircraft position. The transmission from ACARS was used to arrive at the current search area for the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370.
