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FEATURE FLIGHT TRACKING

Every Move You Make...

Rockwell Collins introduces ARINC MultiLink flight tracking service to provide a comprehensive tracking
solution for airlines
By Jay Menon

EACH TIME A HIGHLY PUBLICIzED EVENT Organization in February recommended
involving a commercial airline occurs, the that aircraft report their position every 15
aviation community begins to clamor for minutes during normal operations, and
automated transponders to track aircraft every minute under an abnormal situation
position. Three recent events include the that may lead to an emergency.
crash of Air France Flight 447 on After the Air France Flight 447
June 1, 2009, the disappearance of accident, the French Bureau d’Enquêtes
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8, et d’Analyses (BEA) convened a working
2014, and the most recent crash involving group that examined accident data
Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on involving 44 transport category aircraft.
Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Dec. 28, 2014. From this data, the BEA concluded that
MultiLink(SM) merges The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines in 95 percent of the cases, the aircraft’s
multiple data sources to flight MH370 on a flight from Kuala impact point could have been resolved
provide a comprehensive Lumpur has placed a renewed emphasis to within 6 nautical miles (NM) had the
global flight tracking solution
for airlines. on development of aircraft tracking aircraft been reporting its position once
Source: Business Wires systems. The International Civil Aviation every minute. While AF447 was configured

Rockwell Collins’ ARINC MultiLink flight tracking service

SM

VHF Satcom

Automatic Dependent Surveillance

HFDL VHF

HFDL
Rockwell Collins is the only
High Frequency Data Link
(HFDL) provider in the
world.

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