Nigeria and other countries belonging to the International Civil Aviation Organisation have agreed to adopt a 15-minute aircraft tracking standard to increase the level of air travel.
The recommendation was made on Tuesday during discussions amongst the over 850 participants to the United Nations aviation body’s 2015 High Level Safety Conference.
According to ICAO, the recommended standard is performance-based and not prescriptive, meaning that global airlines would be able to meet it using available technologies and procedures they deem suitable.
“This new standard will be an important first step in providing a foundation for global flight tracking and the future implementation of the more comprehensive ICAO Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS). Through an expedited process, it will now be sent to our member states before the end of the month for formal comment and we’re anticipating its adoption by the council as early as this fall,” the ICAO Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Aliu, said at the Second ICAO High-level Safety Conference held in Montreal, Canada.
ICAO, a UN specialised agency, noted that the concept of operations for the GADSS was developed by the aviation body in 2014, following the disappearance of Malaysian flight MH370 and the special Multidisciplinary Meeting on Global Flight Tracking which ICAO convened soon after.
The agency called for a three-tier approach for global aircraft tracking over the long-term, covering normal, abnormal and distress conditions.
It stated that the standard recommended by ICAO’s High Level Safety Conference on Tuesday was considered to be consistent with the long-term GADSS concept. ICAO’s intention, Aliu said, was to coordinate regional exercises shortly after the standard is adopted, aiding countries with both the standard’s introduction and their ability to respond to abnormal flight behaviour scenarios in an integrated manner. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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