MONTREAL: The United Nations aviation agency said at a major safety conference on Tuesday it will press ahead with plans to establish a warning system for airlines on conflict zone risks despite reservations from Russia.
Aviation officials also rallied behind a plan to track commercial aircraft in a twin response to several Malaysian airline disasters last year.
A senior Russian official had told a gathering of the International Civil Aviation Organization that plans for a centralized information-sharing system posed legal risks that could only be addressed by a full meeting of all 191 ICAO member states in 2016.
But ICAO Secretary-General Raymond Benjamin …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
