Flight MH370 Missing Plane Location: How Can Airlines and Government's Ensure That A Similar Tragedy Never Occurs Again?
There will finally be some closure after the nearly three-week search for Malaysia Air Flight MH370. The Boeing-made 777 aircraft mysterious disappeared 18 days ago. Up until now, wild theories surrounded its disappearance. But now Malaysian aviation officials are pretty darn certain that they know what happened: the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean.
No matter how far-fetched or unrealistic all the theories surrounding the planes demise might have been, at least the mystery is being solved. But for family members and friends of those onboard, the news that every passenger and crew member perished aboard the flight comes as an overwhelming shock. Some clung to the idea that the plane was diverted by terrorists or that a less sinister complication arose that forced the plane to land in a remote part of China.
It's disconcerting that in 2014 any large object, particularly one carrying men, women and children, can just vanish for any period of time. What measures is the airline industry taking to ensure that this never happens again?
Mary Kirby has an idea. As the founder and editor of Runway Girl Network, a popular news company that exclusively covers the aviation industry she has the credentials to back up her plan.
"Nothing is ever going to be the same in aviation," she said during an interview with CBS News. "This is a pivotal moment, a watershed moment in the aviation industry where we are going to understand why it's so important for connectivity to be core."
Connectivity, or lack thereof, was an instrumental part in the prolonged MH370 mystery. Every commercial airliner in the sky is able to have its communications turned off and MH370's transponder was indeed flipped off.
Kirbry argues that this should be rectified immediately.
"We need to not have the ability to simply switch off a transponder, and not know where an aircraft is at," Kirby said. "If you allow the switch off of the transponder there needs to be an automatic backup."
"We need to move towards a global, air-traffic control service. Space-based. When I say that, that's satellite-supported that covers the entire globe including the [North and South] poles."
But such a vast network of satellites would take a huge chunk of change. Yet, this shouldn't be a deterrent argues the "Runway Girl."
"That's what I try to remind people of whenever they bring up this cost issue," Kirby remarked. "We're talking about human lives here."
What is the price of human life when flying? However the airline companies respond to the flight MH370 tragedy may very well decide that figure for us.
Despite this incident, the Boeing 777 is a rock-solid aircraft known for its insane reliability. Theres only been "three confirmed hull-loss accidents" to speak off since its inception. And up until now, all of those incidents took place while the planes were on the ground. If such a reliable plane can become susceptible to freak accidents, what's saying that others aren't?
What are your thoughts on the Malaysia Air flight MH370 disaster? Should the victims families be compensated or otherwise provided for? Let us know in the comments section below.
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