ICAO LIMITS DECLARATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT ZONE REPOSITORY
August 1st, 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) council has prevented member countries from freely posting warnings to a global database regarding threats to civil airliners in conflict zones, without first consulting the government of a country mentioned in such a declaration.
The change comes in amendments to procedures to ICAO’s Conflict Zone Information Repository (CZIR), which was set up after Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down while flying over pro-Russian rebel held territory in eastern Ukraine. The aim of the CZIR was to increase the ...
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