Stronger rules needed on flight paths: MAS
Carriers can no longer depend on authorities for reliable information
[LONDON] The commercial director of Malaysia Airlines has called for a complete overhaul of the way flight paths are deemed safe following the downing of flight MH17 by a suspected missile over rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
Writing in Britain's Sunday Telegraph, Hugh Dunleavy said that the disaster would have "an unprecedented impact on the aviation industry", claiming that airlines can no longer depend on aviation authorities for reliable information about flying over conflict zones.
"For too long, airlines have been shouldering the responsibility for making decisions about what constitutes a safe flight path, over areas in political turmoil around the world," he wrote.
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