Former Prime Minister blames Boeing for not co-operating on the introduction of technology to make flying safer.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The real mystery regarding AirAsia Indonesia’s QZ8501 and the still missing MH370, writes former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in his latest blog posting, is the rivalry between Airbus and Boeing.
Mahathir was extending his condolences to all families of passengers and crew on board AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, and cited two articles.
He noted the first (See here for story) in Flight International magazine dated 14 – 20 Oct 2014 which carried an article entitled, “Searching for Answers.” Together was a small picture with MH370 and some material.
The article, added Mahathir, relates about “Another rift in the competitive landscape between Airbus and Boeing.” “It seems that while Airbus is ready to move forward with a deployable flight data and voice recorder system for commercial aircraft, Boeing which has installed deployable recorders on at least three military aircraft fleets, disagrees that the technology is appropriate or safe for commercial transport.”
The Airbus concept involved deploying one of the two sets of flight data and cockpit voice recorders in the event of a mid-air collision or impact with the ground, continued Mahathir. “The deployed unit includes a locator beacon, and is designed to float if the crash occurs in water.”
“Just imagine if this recorder and beacon is installed on the AirAsia Indonesia aircraft or MH370, we would not have to search the oceans for the planes.”
He could not understand why Boeing was against it. The article said, “If either the Malaysian or the French airlines (which crashed in 2009) were equipped with a deployable flight recorder, the narrative of the search would likely be different.”
The article was written before the loss of QZ8501.
An article in FlightGlobal.com of December 2006 reports, said Mahathir, that Boeing had received a US patent for a system that allows seizure of an aircraft by remote control as a means to prevent terrorist hijacking.
“Boeing had made no comment on its powerful capability. And MH370 has not been found till now. And now Boeing seems to be unwilling to make finding lost aircraft easier and faster, possibly saving lives as well.”
The mystery, warned Mahathir, deepens!
KUALA LUMPUR: The real mystery regarding AirAsia Indonesia’s QZ8501 and the still missing MH370, writes former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in his latest blog posting, is the rivalry between Airbus and Boeing.
Mahathir was extending his condolences to all families of passengers and crew on board AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, and cited two articles.
He noted the first (See here for story) in Flight International magazine dated 14 – 20 Oct 2014 which carried an article entitled, “Searching for Answers.” Together was a small picture with MH370 and some material.
The article, added Mahathir, relates about “Another rift in the competitive landscape between Airbus and Boeing.” “It seems that while Airbus is ready to move forward with a deployable flight data and voice recorder system for commercial aircraft, Boeing which has installed deployable recorders on at least three military aircraft fleets, disagrees that the technology is appropriate or safe for commercial transport.”
The Airbus concept involved deploying one of the two sets of flight data and cockpit voice recorders in the event of a mid-air collision or impact with the ground, continued Mahathir. “The deployed unit includes a locator beacon, and is designed to float if the crash occurs in water.”
“Just imagine if this recorder and beacon is installed on the AirAsia Indonesia aircraft or MH370, we would not have to search the oceans for the planes.”
He could not understand why Boeing was against it. The article said, “If either the Malaysian or the French airlines (which crashed in 2009) were equipped with a deployable flight recorder, the narrative of the search would likely be different.”
The article was written before the loss of QZ8501.
An article in FlightGlobal.com of December 2006 reports, said Mahathir, that Boeing had received a US patent for a system that allows seizure of an aircraft by remote control as a means to prevent terrorist hijacking.
“Boeing had made no comment on its powerful capability. And MH370 has not been found till now. And now Boeing seems to be unwilling to make finding lost aircraft easier and faster, possibly saving lives as well.”
The mystery, warned Mahathir, deepens!
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