World Security Report April 2014

MH370 – There’s a lot we don’t know, but what do we know?
position read outs and data right
up to the moment of loss of
transmission. This is vital to the
crash investigation. And these
systems are also tamper proof.
So why have the airlines and
the authorities been dragging
their feet on this issue. The
airlines argue that with such tight
margins the installation of any
new equipment and associated
monitoring services will affect
profitability.
However, these systems are
currently marketed not for their
safety features but precisely for
their operational cost saving
benefits for operators.
If the purpose of the black boxes
is to record critical information
for any crash investigation; and
that investigation is to make
recommendations that will make
aviation safer for passengers. Then
why four and a half years after
flight 447 are we in this position?
The reality is that until these
systems are; as Recommendation
4 states “that EASA and
ICAO make
mandatory
as quickly
as possible”
airlines, in
a highly
competitive
market, will
not engage
in any costly
retrofit of
new systems
and equipment across whole
fleets unless they have to. It is the
authorities that set the legislative
framework and safety standards,
so it is time for the authorities to
mandate these systems so that the
relatives of the victims of the next
air disaster don’t go through any
more suffering than is necessary!
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