Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/14
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) on
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Saturday announced rule changes that will require Taiwanese carriers traveling over oceans to report their position every 15 minutes under certain conditions — a requirement triggered by the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight in 2014.
The revised Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations stipulate that starting Nov. 8, all operations of aircraft with a takeoff mass of 45,500 kilograms flying oceanic routes will have to apply aircraft tracking on a 15-minute interval, compared to a 60-minute interval at present, the CAA said.
The new rule will make it possible for airlines to track more closely the latitude, longitude and altitude of their aircraft, said Clark Lin (林俊良), director of CAA’s Flight Standards Division.
Carriers will also have to make sure that the position of an aircraft can be determined at least once a minute when in distress, such as when there is smoke in the cabin or engine failure, Lin said. [FULL STORY]
