Emirates boss slams industry's lack of commitment to aircraft tracking

Sir Tim Clark, the president of Dubai's Emirates airline has called on the aviation industry to “do more” to quickly locate aircraft data recorders (black boxes) following crashes, as well as ensuring air passenger safety in general.
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"As far as aircraft tracking is concerned, it's a disgrace," Clark said at the IATA annual meeting.
The recorders from EgyptAir MS804 are still being recovered two weeks after it crashed into the Mediterranean killing all 66 people on board. Signals have now been picked up – but the actual devices have not been recovered, hampering attempts to expain the fatal crash.
Reuters reported Clark as saying that any suggestion that entities in global aviation were cautious on tracking technology due to their high cost was "anathema to my thinking". He said manufacturers of recording devices should make them more robust.
"They must have much more power to develop beacons and locating systems in very, very remote areas," he said.
He also called for aviation security to be improved across the board. "In my view we are not doing enough," he said.