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European Air-Safety Body Calls for Improved Information Sharing

Safety Body Calls for Involvement of Intelligence Agencies


By ROBERT WALL


The European Aviation Safety Agency says the region needs to improve information sharing on flight risks. Getty Images

BRUSSELS-Europe needs to improve information sharing on risks to flights, including exchanging intelligence data, the head of the region's air-safety agency said on Wednesday, as the global aviation community reacts to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine that has heightened concerns about operations near conflict zones.

"We believe that there should be a need, a requirement, to establish in Europe an alert system," Patrick Ky, the head of the European Aviation Safety Agency said during a hearing of the European Parliament's transport committee. The flow of information "could be improved," he said. National intelligence organizations need to be involved in providing information on flight risks, he added.