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MH370: Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia to try new system that will track planes every 15 minutes

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A year after Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 went missing along with 239 passengers and crew members while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia have decided to put to trial a new system for tracking planes.

The new system will track a plane's location every 15 minutes, an increase over the current 30 to 40 minutes, reported the BBC.

The report said that it will use a system that is already installed on most long-haul jets.

It is expected to increase the tracking rate to five minutes or less if there is any deviation from a plane's expected route.

The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, vanished from the radar shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing, early on March 8, 2014. Investigators believe that it had flown thousands of miles off course before crashing into the Indian Ocean.

 

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First Published: Mar 02 2015 | 1:46 PM IST

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