A visitor takes pictures of a boy in front of placards and a banner
carrying messages for the passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight
MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, outside
Kuala Lumpur on March 19, 2014. Europe's aviation safety watchdog on
Tuesday called for the life of black box flight recorders to last three
times as long AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
Europe's aviation safety watchdog on
Tuesday called for the life of black box flight recorders to last three
times as long, as the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane
yields no results.
In a statement, the European
Aviation Safety Agency urged "the extension of the transmission time of
underwater locating devices (ULD) fitted on flight recorders from 30
days to 90 days".
The black box refers to the cockpit
voice recorder and flight data recorder on planes, which are crucial in
determining what triggered a plane crash but can be very difficult to
locate, as has been the case with the Malaysia Airlines flight that
disappeared at sea on March 8 carrying 239 people.
The
agency also suggested that all large planes flying over oceans be
equipped with a new type of ULD with a longer locating range.
"The
tragic flight of Malaysia Airlines MH370 demonstrates that safety can
never be taken for granted," said Patrick Ky, EASA's director
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