Qatar and International Air Transport Association

International Air Transport Association: Discussions about real-time tracking and airline safety have featured in many sessions of the International Air Transport Association annual meeting, held this year in the Gulf-Arab nation of Qatar. That because passengers and even experts continue to wonder how an aircraft can just disappear without anyone knowing what went wrong, according to Times Colonist. "What happened in this particular case is that we found a gap that we feel that we need to basically close when it comes to now being more aware of exactly where that aircraft would be in a real-time situation," he said and Qatar - A senior official at an organization representing the majority of airlines worldwide said Tuesday there is no specific timetable for implementing new tracking recommendations following the disappearance of a Malaysian aircraft with 239 people aboard in March. Speaking at the conference, Safety and Flight Operations Senior Vice-President Kevin Hiatt said it is hard to speculate at this moment how long it will take before the aviation industry implements the recommendations that will be presented by December. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.