‘Neither any debris nor any human being…’ This flight has been missing for 10 years, what is the rule?

‘Good night! ‘Malaysian Three Seven Zero’ Those six words were the last radio transmission from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Late on March 8, 2014, the plane disappeared from air-traffic radar screens less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane, which was one block long and taller than a five-story building in Manhattan, America, with 239 passengers on board, disappeared somewhere in the sky.

An intensive operation was launched to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Some of the deepest seabeds in the inaccessible southern Indian Ocean were searched along with Australia, but no trace of the aircraft or any passengers and crew was found. A small piece of the Boeing 777 plane washed up on the East African coast, the only evidence of that plane in all these years.

With no Mayday calls (emergency calls) from this aircraft, no known flight path and no debris, MH370 remains aviation’s biggest mystery. After 10 years, it remains a matter of debate who should have ultimate control over the cockpit? After this many laws were brought that now no aircraft should disappear in this manner.

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After not a single evidence of MH370 plane was found, many types of rules were brought for the flying of planes. The International Civil Aviation Organization came up with new rules for safety regulation, requiring jet planes to broadcast their position at least every minute when they are in trouble. Its purpose was to give early warning to the authorities of the coming disaster. If the plane goes down later, rescue teams will at least get a chance to locate the crash site.

This rule was initially scheduled to come into effect in January 2021, but now it will be effective from January 2025. Bloomberg News asked more than a dozen major airlines across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia how many of the planes in their fleets meet safety standards or already have safety equipment. Airlines responded that very few aircraft comply with the regulations.

Air France, which had more than 250 planes as of September, said the seven jets – all Airbus SE A350s – comply with the standard. Korean Airlines Co said only three of its 159-strong fleet were equipped with tracking devices, while Japan Airlines Co said two of its 226 planes had the technology installed.

Despite years of delays, the latest tracking standard only applies to new aircraft. There is no requirement to install relevant technology on aircraft older than 20,000 in service as of last year. This means that thousands of aircraft will fly for decades, carrying millions of passengers around the world, without the capability that led to the disappearance of MH370.

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