Malaysia Airlines mh370 has disappeared in this developed information age, which shocked everyone and made people can't believe it. In order to avoid this situation from happening again, INMARSAT promised to provide free tracking service for each passenger flight. In this system, all aircraft will send precise position, heading, speed and altitude data to INMARSAT every 15 minutes. The proposal was discussed at the ICAO meeting in Montreal on the evening of May 12, 2014.
Previously, airlines refused to use detailed location tracking due to cost reasons, but INMARSAT's hardware has spread across the world, and the cost of implementing the system is negligible. The cost of the system in is about $3 million a year, but INMARSAT plans to pay its own costs so that airlines can better accept this value-added service.
The data source of this service is the data exchanged between aircraft loading equipment and tracking station equipment. For Malaysia Airlines mh370, if the working satellite tracking station connected with mh370 can be checked, the search scope of the lost flight will be reduced. If the system can really prevent similar disasters, then why not.
INMARSAT offers free global flight tracking service
Before the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) held a special meeting in Montreal on May 12, 2014 to discuss how to use satellites to track global airliners, INMARSAT, the world's leading mobile satellite communication service provider, confirmed that it had proposed to ICAO to provide free global flight tracking service based on INMARSAT network. It is also part of what airlines around the world are expected to take to enhance their aviation safety services following the disappearance of flight mh370. This service will be provided to a total of 11000 commercial airliners equipped with INMARSAT satellite connection and almost all long-distance transport merchant ships in the world.
In addition to the free global flight tracking service, INMARSAT will also provide enhanced location reporting equipment to support reduced aircraft separation, as well as a 'cloud black box' service. Under certain triggering events (such as unauthorized heading deviation), cloud black box service can send historical and real-time flight data records and cockpit voice recording information to specific aviation safety receivers.
Rupert Pearce, chief executive officer of INMARSAT, said: 'we very much welcome and highly support ICAO's decision to make the next generation of aviation safety services an industry priority. INMARSAT has been providing global aviation safety services for more than 20 years. We are confident that our proposals to the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Air Transport Association will contribute significantly to the enhancement of aviation safety services worldwide. After flight mh370 went missing, we were sure it was the right thing to do. '
Rupert Pearce continued: 'given the current status of INMARSAT's aviation services, our proposal can be implemented immediately on all ocean going commercial aircraft that have been equipped. In addition, our major aviation security partners fully support the expansion of ADS-C services through INMARSAT network. This proposal helps to solve some of the concerns caused by the tragedy of mh370 responsibly, quickly and at little or no cost. '