Aviation Leaders to Seek Mandate on Safety Standards

Aviation leaders will try to secure a mandate to implement new safety standards when they meet next week after a string of high-profile accidents around the world made 2014 the deadliest year for commercial airlines in almost a decade. Efforts to adopt new standards for global plane tracking and cooperation on the risks of flying over conflict zones will dominate the meeting on safety in Montreal Feb. 2-5, weeks ahead of the anniversary of the disappearance of Flight MH370, the Malaysian...

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