But the equipment is expensive, and still arguing airlines, governments and legislators about standards, costs and deadlines for implementation of the equipment.
It took over two days to find Air Asia plane disappeared from radar screens Saturday night, although it was found only ten miles from the place where it disappeared from the radar.
Why it took so long, when people can retrieve cellphones and cars with only a meter margin, with current GPS and satellite technology ?, queried from several sources.
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Today used only EPIRB
Today is a traditional EPIRB centrally when exploration crews searching for missing aircraft. Press Officer Henrik Edström at SAS Sweden confirmed to Aftenposten that its aircraft only have equipment that is built from aircraft manufacturers.
– We are not associated with other tracking systems than ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter), all make use of says Edström.
There are far better equipment
But there are equipment and technology that can make it far easier to find plane disappears from radar systems. It claims multiple sources to Reuters news agency.
According to Reuters are available technology with high accuracy can follow an aircraft movements also after it had vanished from the radar screens. And that this technology would have helped to narrow the search area. But these systems are not implemented.
Pulls out because of disagreements and costs
According to Paul Hudson, a member of a group that works with regulatory changes in the US civil aviation authority, the Federal Aviation Authority, has over ten years criticized that there has been little change in the way aircraft are monitored. And that recommendations regarding changes have not been successful.
According to article upgrades from radar via GPS and satnav withdrawn as a result of disagreement between the airlines, governments and regulators about standards, costs and deadlines for implementation of the equipment.
Kevin Mitchell, founder and chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, said the organization will push to implement this type of equipment.
While Charles Leocha, chairman of interest group Travellers United, predicts that such a solution is at least ten years away, just as a result of reluctance among aircraft manufacturers to implement this type of equipment, and difficulty making standards.
Requirements set by Malaysian Airlines disappearance
The requirement for better monitoring of aircraft movements were erected after the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in March with 239 people on board. It is believed to have the board in a remote part of the Indian Ocean.
According to IATA, the international organization for airlines headquartered in Montreal, Canada, it is decided that all aircraft must be traceable to an accuracy of one nautical mil.
A workgroup is impaired, led by IATA, which will look at tracking systems. The group has recommended a deadline of 12 months to spread knowledge about existing tracking systems, but the recommendation is not acted upon by IATA central.
Better boxes or new system
In Norway CAA as follows developments with new tracking systems. Former pilot and flight operative inspector in the supervision, Frode Lenning says that
European Air Safety Agency, EASA started work to improve aircraft tracking signals after Air France accident in 2009, where 228 died when the plane board in the Atlantic.
The new rules will apply to aircraft that will be used over large ocean areas, and operate more more than 180 nautical mil, or about 330 km from land.
– First, it was made a proposal to rule change that aircraft black boxes must get stronger signal and increase battery life from 30 to 90 days.
– Now it’s come In an alternative proposal, that airlines instead obtain a new tracking system that detects aircraft position every minute. With this, a wrecked airplane could be located within an area of six nautical mil or 10 km in a few hours, says Lenning.
He believes that most companies will choose the option to modify the black boxes in their long-haul.
In European aircraft first from 2018/2019
To begin with, the plan was that the rules would apply aircraft built after 2005. But after Malaysian accident will EASA that all aircraft must upgrade the black box the sending or obtaining new tracking system.
When will these changes be implemented?
– After Malaysian accident was work intensified and EASA has three to four year deadline to finalize the rule change. It will probably be adopted by the EU in 2015, and it will take time to develop, approve and install the equipment, but the changes will be conducted on all commercial aircraft from 2018-19, said Lenning.
– Complicated technology
Is not that long to wait for security requirements called for already in 2009?
– It can be the agree, but one must remember that this is equipment for aircraft traveling over large areas. It is nothing but a mobile that works only over a very limited area.
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