Real-time trackers aim to avoid repeat of MH370 mystery

(AFP) - Two years on from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the UN's aviation agency announced new requirements in a bid to avoid a repeat of a mystery that has perplexed investigators.

The jet vanished on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew onboard, mostly Chinese and Malaysians, leaving distraught relatives still grasping for answers.

On the somber anniversary, the council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal on Tuesday adopted new measures that require aircraft to have tracking devices that can transmit location information at least once a minute when in trouble, effectively providing real-time updates .... http://news.yahoo.com