DOHA – The shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran has given new urgency to efforts to develop a shared conflict alert system for airlines, the head of the world’s biggest airline body said on Feb. 5.
Flight PS752 disaster
Reuters: Airline conflict alert system given new impetus after plane downed by Iran
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent on Jan. 8, 2020 shows rescue teams working at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. - All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on Jan. 8.
