Malaysia proposes using of real-time tracking system for civil aviation safety

Malaysia had proposed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the using of real-time tracking system to raise the safety level of all civil airlines, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said Friday.

Speaking to the reporters in Malaysia's administration capital of Putrajaya, Liow said in order to improve the safety level of civil aviation, the Montreal based ICAO had accepted the proposal and decided to adopt regulations in this regard in late August this year.

He said, Malaysia which had two aviation accidents last year also called for the improvement of the technology for the black box.

Liow also urged the big civil aviation industries in the world to develop a kind of black box that could be floating.

Regarding the investigation of the MH370 incident, Liow said experts from China, USA, Australia, England, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia had done a lot, and would release an interim statement in a day or two on the investigation.

On the question of the next-kin of passengers of the MH370, Liow said, " we understand what they feel, what they want to know, what they need, our thoughts and feelings are all with them."

The Malaysia Airlines plane of MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board. So far no trace has been found despite a massive surface and underwater hunt. Endi