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AirAsia Disappearance Fuels Calls for Real-Time Tracking

posted by janrinok on Tuesday December 30 2014, @08:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-who-pays? dept.

AnonTechie writes:

After the baffling disappearance in March of Flight MH370, critics accused the aviation industry of "dithering" over equipping jets with real-time tracking systems. Now, with another passenger plane lost, the call for action is becoming more insistent.

Tracking aircraft by satellite and live-streaming of black box data were cited as top priorities by industry insiders after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people on board. Its fate remains a mystery despite a long underwater search west of Australia. Members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)—the UN's aviation body—agreed in the aftermath of the incident to mandate real-time tracking.

But they did not set a timeline as airlines mulled the additional costs involved. Many carriers have been losing money for years. Now, with the apparent loss of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on Sunday off Indonesia, the calls for immediate changes have returned with vehemence.

http://phys.org/news/2014-12-airasia-fuels-real-time-tracking.html

[Related]: http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2014/12/iata-no-silver-bullet-solution-on-tracking-in-wake-of-mh370/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday December 30 2014, @11:40PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday December 30 2014, @11:40PM (#130386) Journal

    Install boxes that interrogates any ACARS capable airplane nearby and push it onto a mesh network that also uploads whatever it's internal storage has found whenever it's in an airport through a signed connection to multiple headquarters?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday December 31 2014, @12:36AM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday December 31 2014, @12:36AM (#130399) Journal

    What is this pointless fascination with mesh networks?

    We can't even get these things running reliably on the ground, let alone in the air.

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    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday December 31 2014, @12:50AM

      by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday December 31 2014, @12:50AM (#130401) Journal

      No single point of failure. But in reality they should probably be combined with a satellite link. But any solar flare would fry them.