CAA to implement tighter tracking standard for Taiwanese airlines

The China Post
Date: November 11, 2017
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

TAIPEI (CNA) – Certain international flights operated by Taiwanese carriers will have to report their aircraft’s positions every 15 minutes starting next February to meet the global standard, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said Friday.

The new rule under the Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations will require an aircraft-tracking time interval of under 15 minutes for airplanes with a seating capacity greater than 19, said Clark Lin (林俊良), director of the CAA’s Flight Standards Division.

The current standard applied by the CAA is for an aircraft to report its position within every 60 minutes.

The new interval will also be required of all aircraft with a take-off mass of 45,500 kilograms when flying over oceanic areas.    [FULL  STORY]