What lessons can be learned from Flight MH370?
Many people outside the airline industry were surprised to learn that airliners couldn't be quickly and clearly tracked at all times.
I can barely walk from the office to my favourite pub without gracing a CCTV camera. We've become so accustomed to extreme surveillance in many areas of our lives and yet in this area - where it really matters - the need for surveillance has, er, gone under the radar.
A new electronic gizmo is being developed that will help you locate lost luggage anywhere in the world via an app on your smartphone. If we can track a suitcase, surely it must be possible to keep tabs on an airliner.
So why can't these seemingly simple solutions be applied to the business of knowing what's going on aboard a plane and even where the blessed thing might be?
