006/14

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CAA
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On 26 February 2014 the Commission recommended that the Director of Civil Aviation continue to support the international work underway to improve the crash survivability of ELTs and to include GPS information in the data transmitted by such devices.
Reply Text
In the same response letter, the Director commented that the CAA already supports in principle the ICAO and manufacturers’ efforts to improve the crash survivability of ELTs and accuracy of position reporting. The work is ongoing and in this context the CAA requests that the recommendation be closed.
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