KL pushing UN to make it mandatory to report conflict zone air risk
Aviation agency has proposed a central website for public warnings, but data provision not mandatory
Montreal
MALAYSIA, which suffered two commercial air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, said the United Nations must make reporting of risks to airlines over conflict zones mandatory.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation, the UN's aviation agency, been under pressure to come up with new systems to protect aircraft from risks in conflict zones after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down in eastern Ukraine last July, killing all 298 people on board.
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